james warren's bad health, combined with changing tastes and business problems, led to internal turmoil and editorial turnover. the company suspended publishing in late 1981, editor bill dubay left in 1982, and warren declared bankruptcy in 1983. in august 1983, harris publications acquired company assets at auction, and published new and reprinted "vampirella" comics; "creepy" #146 (summer 1985), continuing the numbering of the original series and containing both new and reprinted material, "creepy: the limited series", a four-issue miniseries of new stories; and other warren-related comics. a 1998 lawsuit by james warren resulted in his reacquisition of the rights to "creepy" and "eerie". dark horse comics began issuing reprints with the ongoing licensed series "creepy archives" in 2008, and began publishing new material with "creepy" vol. 2 in 2009 and "eerie" vol. 2 in 2012.