Fiona Kai Avery (born September 13, 1974) is an American
comic book and
television writer. Avery was hired as a reference editor for the fifth season of Babylon 5 and later continued in that role for the spin-off Crusade. Avery contributed several scripts for the series, including "
The Well of Forever" and "
Patterns of the Soul", as well as the unfilmed "Value Judgements" and "Tried and True". Following the cancellation of Crusade, Avery turned to comic book writing, working for
Marvel and
Top Cow on titles including The Amazing Spider-Man and Tomb Raider. Her more recent work includes three spin-offs of
J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars (Bright, Voices of the Dead, and Untouchable) as well as Araña, the character created by Avery for Marvel.
The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus Volume 1 (hc, 1,120 pages, 2019,
ISBN1-3029-1706-4) includes:
The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #55–56 (2003) also collected in Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 2 (tpb, 416 pages, 2009,
ISBN0-7851-3894-3)
The Amazing Spider-Man #503–505 (2004) also collected in Ultimate Collection: The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Volume 3 (tpb, 408 pages, 2010,
ISBN0-7851-3895-1)
Rising Stars: Bright #1–3 (with
Dan Jurgens, 2003) also collected in Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead and Bright (tpb, 226 pages, 2006,
ISBN1-58240-613-8)
Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead #1–6 (with
Staz Johnson and
Al Rio (#5–6), 2005) also collected in Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead and Bright (tpb, 226 pages, 2006,
ISBN1-58240-613-8)
Rising Stars: Untouchable #1–5 (with
Brent Anderson, 2006) also collected in Rising Stars: Visitations and Untouchable (tpb, 208 pages, 2007,
ISBN1-58240-268-X)
Lucky Bamboo Presents: "Hellfire" (with Billy Tan) — "The Way of the Sword" (with Romano Molenaar) — "Sam Falcon" (with
Len DiSalvo, self-published one-shot, 2005)