The latest seven week run of the latest digital volume of David Lloyd’s Aces Weekly anthology ends soon, but what a ride it’s been, especially, for me, the latest superspy “Velecity Jones” adventure from Lee Robson and Bryan Coyle.
“The Immortal Man” is, admittedly, a pretty crazy tale, steeped with reference to previous adventures, but written and drawn with genuine confidence, laying trails for a new tale yet to come. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the story, now complete, as Aces Weekly Volume 79 draws to a close this week – subscribe right here to read it, and volumes to come.
In this latest adventure from Lee and Bryan, when rogue British agent Darius Shaw is assassinated during a prisoner exchange, it seems like an open and shut case for Velicty Jones, after she catches up with the killers.
But following the revelation that Shaw is, somehow, still alive, and has apparently survived multiple deaths across the globe, the world’s greatest secret agent is faced with a conundrum even she may not be able to unravel…
“Obviously, the makers of Peaky Blinders got wind of what we were doing and decided to try and steal our thunder by nicking the title for their new film, and it clearly isn’t just a huge coincidence,” Lee notes, wryly, of “The Immortal Man”.
“I think it’s fair to say we’re excited about this one,” he told us recently. “It feels like we’ve been away from Velicity Jones for a long while, but it also feels right to bring ‘The Immortal Man’ to the table at last: I’ve been sitting on the idea since 2019, but just couldn’t figure out how to get to it until we wrapped up the last one.
“It’s also the story that myself and Bryan collaborated most closely on,” he adds. “It’s been interesting watching it all change and evolve as it’s slowly come together, and, I think it might just be the best one we’ve done so far.
“I don’t really want to say too much more about it, if I’m being honest, because I don’t want to give anything away, but I will say this: I’m confident no one will manage to solve the mystery of the eponymous “Immortal Man” before we reveal what’s going on. A bold statement? Maybe, but I stand by it.”
See what you think for yourself by subscribing to Aces Weekly now, and read the whole adventure yourself. Plus, the “Extras” for this volume, available now, include a fascinating 36-page guide to the making of “The Immortal Man”, and character profiles for good measure!
Lee Robson and Bryan Coyle have been working in and around the UK comic scene for several years. The co-creators of the critically acclaimed original graphic novel Babble (which saw Bryan nominated for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award) they’re also the team behind the well received folk horror one-shot The 13th Stone, as well as numerous short stories for FutureQuake and its sister publications.
As we previously reported, in addition to “Velicity Jones”, Aces Weekly Volume 79 brings you “Song For A Triggerman” from Petri Hänninen and Andrea Meneghin; “Sicarios” from Roberto Corroto and Ertito Montana; the nuttiness of Mr Custa from Philippa Alana Whitmore, Bambos Georgiou, and Mychailo Kazybrid; “The Flying People” from Pablo Barbieri Guionista and Jorge Luis Gabotto; “Bullet” from Ale Mangiarotti; the far from scrap-worthy epic, “Space Junk”, from Carlos Pascoa; and much more…
Aces Weekly Volume 79, together with all oncoming seven-part, seven-week volumes of up to 150 pages, including Extras, on an ongoing basis, forever, is your for just £1 per week, in any currency.
Why are you still here? Speed off into adventure at aces weekly.co.uk, now!
You can also buy previous volumes of Aces Weekly right here, and catch up on previous Velicity Jones adventures in Volumes 29, (“The Devil’s Breath”), 37 (“The Godcutter Affair”) 41 (“The Silent Forest”), 45 “The Edge of the World”) 54 (“The Diceman Affair”), 62 (“The Point Nemo Affair”) and 72 (“The Hand of Glory”)
Velicity Jones © 2026 Lee Robson and Bryan Coyle
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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