9.12.010 Distributing certain “comic books.”

             It is unlawful for any person to distribute, give away or in any way cause to be furnished ultimately for use by persons under the age of eighteen (18) years any book, magazine or other publication, commonly known as a “comic book” in which there is prominently featured an account of crime, and which depicts, by the use of drawings or photographs, the commission or attempted commission of the crimes of arson, assault with caustic chemicals, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, kidnapping, torture, mayhem, murder, rape, robbery, theft or voluntary manslaughter.

             This section shall not be construed to in any way prohibit the publication of actual accounts of crime, nor the drawings or photographs used to illustrate such accounts, which are a part of the general dissemination of news; nor shall it apply to the publication, distribution or dissemination of “syndicated comic sections” which form a part of an established newspaper engaged in the general circulation of news. (Prior code § 24.01.003)