Near the middle of the ticker, the page number is incorporated into the text in a bold format. For example, page 11 presents the number as a body count and page 36 presents it as the cost of gasoline. Kindt colored Revolver with only two tones, blue and brown. He differentiates between the two worlds Sam inhabits by alternating which color is dominant and which is used for highlights. The boring world is primarily blue, and the apocalyptic world is primarily brown. The book shares a fictional universe with Kindt's other works and the character PK Verve is the uniting element. Although he is killed in Revolver, Verve appeared in Kindt's follow up work, MIND MGMT, as the husband of the main antagonist. Revolver was released in hardcover by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics in July 2010, followed by a softcover edition in July 2011. Plot After a night out drinking, Sam wakes up with a hangover. When he arrives at the Chicago newspaper office where he works, he discovers it has been bombed and the city is in a panic. He is helping his boss, Jan, evacuate when the two are confronted by her angry ex-boyfriend. During a panicked scuffle, Sam kills the ex-boyfriend. He returns with Jan to his apartment, where they fall asleep. Sam wakes up alone the next morning and his injuries have vanished. He discovers it is the same day, and that the city is not under attack. He is certain what he remembers was not a dream. Sam continues to live each day twice, alternating between the two worlds. In the chaotic one, he works with Jan and two other coworkers to produce a leaflet-style newspaper reporting the disasters. In the calmer one, he grows increasingly frustrated with how superficial his life is. He uses his time in the calmer world to learn skills that aid him in the more frantic one, such as hot-wiring a car. He and Jan become close in one world while they remain distant and unfriendly in the other. Meanwhile, Sam's relationship with his girlfriend Maria becomes sour. The man suspected of masterminding the bombings, P. K. Verve, is a motivational speaker in the calmer world. Suspecting a connection between Verve and the dual worlds, Sam seeks to meet the motivational speaker. He convinces the unfriendly Jan to finance his trip by blackmailing her with a confession she