Revolver (comics)

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caption = Cover of "Revolver" # 2 (August 1990). Art by Brendan McCarthy.
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publisher = Fleetway
date = July 1990 - January 1991
issues = 7
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writers = Peter Milligan
Grant Morrison
artists = Brendan McCarthy
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"Revolver" is the title of a British comic which was a spin off from "2000AD". It lasted seven issues and was published between July 1990 to January 1991.

History

"Revolver" was a relatively short lived comic published in the UK at the turn of the 1990s. It was notable for its diverse content reflecting the explosion of the music scene at the time. A wide range of graphic styles and contributors ranging from a surreal inside-the-mind-of Jimi Hendrix storyline (Purple Days), a psychedelic superhero in the form of Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy's "Rogan Gosh", distorted caricatures in "Pinhead Nation", plus "Happenstance and Kismet", student-house antics in "Dire Streets", as well as the resurrection of Dan Dare, this time in a story called simply "Dare". In "Dare", writer Grant Morrison gave a new interpretation to the original Eagle character in a political story setting Dan Dare against the then Thatcher government.

"Revolver" attempted to take advantage of the 1960s revival which was sweeping British culture in the early 1990s, including taking its name from The Beatles album of the same name. It gained a small following but not enough for it to last beyond its seventh issue.

After its cancellation "Dare" was completed in the pages of "Crisis", and "Rogan Gosh" was compiled into a collected edition in 1994 by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.

ee also

* "Crisis"
*"Deadline"
*"2000AD"

External links

* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/fool/100213128535044.htm "Revolver" discussed] at Comics Bulletin
* [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2005/mccarthy/mccarthy1.shtml Brendan McCarthy interview]