Mercy Graves

Mercy Graves
Mercy Graves as depicted in Detective Comics #735 (December 1999), art by Dan Jurgens.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceSuperman: The Animated Series
"A Little Piece of Home (1996)"
First comic appearanceSuperman Adventures #1 (November 1996)
Created byPaul Dini
Bruce Timm
Hilary Bader
In-story information
Alter egoMercy Graves
SpeciesHuman cyborg
Team affiliationsLexCorp
AbilitiesTrained in hand-to-hand combat

Mercy Graves is a supervillain appearing in multimedia and American comic books published by DC Entertainment and DC Comics. Created for the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), she first appeared in 1996 on Superman: The Animated Series as the personal assistant and bodyguard of Superman's archenemy Lex Luthor, returning in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Lisa Edelstein.[1] She has since been introduced into comic books published by DC Comics.

In live-action, the character has been played by Tao Okamoto in the 2016 DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,[2] Rhona Mitra in the fourth season of the television series Supergirl, and by Natalie Gumede in the second and fourth seasons of the series Titans on DC Universe and HBO Max. Additionally, a character based on Graves named Tess Mercer appears in Smallville, portrayed by Cassidy Freeman.

  1. ^ "Mercy Graves Voices (Superman)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 5, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  2. ^ Bussey, Ben (April 20, 2011). "Wolverine Actress Joins Batman V Superman". Yahoo. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.