Mercy Graves | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Superman: The Animated Series "A Little Piece of Home (1996)" |
First comic appearance | Superman Adventures #1 (November 1996) |
Created by | Paul Dini Bruce Timm Hilary Bader |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Mercy Graves |
Species | Human cyborg |
Team affiliations | LexCorp |
Abilities | Trained 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.