Revolver had initially been conceived as a high-quality export title to run alongside Crisis some two years earlier, but internal upheaval had seen the book delayed repeatedly.

A Jimi Hendrix biography by music journalist Charles Shaar Murray (based on his book Crosstown Traffic) had been in the offing since the beginning, and was greenlit with Floyd Hughes (who had contributed some work to Crisis) as artist, aided by the so-called Second Summer of Love giving a major spike in interest in psychedelia.

Grant Morrison, well known to MacManus from his work on 2000 AD and on good terms with MacManus after he stepped in to publish the controversial "The New Adventures of Hitler" after its original publication Cut folded, approached Fleetway with a plan for a revisionist take on Dan Dare; with the 40th anniversary of the character's debut in Eagle approaching, Morrison began working on the story with Hughes as artist.

Hogan commissioned another psychedelic-influenced strip in the form of "Rogan Gosh" from Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy and "Happenstance and Kismet" from Marvel UK veterans Paul Neary and Steve Parkhouse, as well as recruiting Shaky Kane and Julie Hollings from Deadline to create "Pinhead Nation" and "Dire Streets" respectively.

[2][1] Promoting the comic was difficult for publicist Igor Goldkind due to Revolver's diffuse subjects, and at MacManus' suggestion he eventually went with the slogan "Where Dan Dare meets Jimi Hendrix", making the same connection between comics and music as the well-received Deadline[2] and to take advantage of a boom in sixties nostalgia.

The cancellation took most of the title's staff by surprise, though the final issue was able to include a farewell message, avoid starting any new stories and advertising that "Dare" and "Happenstance and Kismet" would be continuing in Crisis.

Writing for Comics Bulletin in 2011, columnist Regie Rigby praised Revolver for its varied approach and laid-back demeanour, comparing it positively to Crisis.