 Many stores and municipalities still considered Carnal’s publications obscenity and sometimes issues were seized by police and border officials as such.Advertising outside the adult magazine market was a challenge, as newspapers and magazines often rejected Carnal ads because of the sexual nature of the comics, without ever inspecting copies of the comics themselves.One comic book store, Planet Comics and Science Fiction Store, in Oklahoma City, was raided by police in September 1995, and copies of Carnal Comics, Verotika, Eros Comics, and others were used in a court case that eventually caused the shop to be shut down.