Mercy Graves

"*Lex is right! About everything! About you! You alien freaks will be the death of not only this country, but this planet. I'm helping protect every human on this Earth.*"
—Mercy to Superman.[src]
**Mercy Graves** (born September 22, 1989) is the sister of the late Otis Graves and Lex Luthor's head of security and right-hand woman during his crimes. After his incarceration, Mercy remained free and secretly led Project Cadmus from the shadows. Even during Luthor's run from authorities, Mercy remained blindly loyal to the man, serving his every need within his criminal acts.

## Biography

### Early Life

At some point, Mercy met and became close friends with Lex Luthor and after he started his company, he made Mercy the head of security who also shared his hatred for aliens, particularly Superman.

## Personality

Mercy is just as corrupt as Lex himself and she is just as cold and ruthless. She had no problem taking the life of a LexCorp employee after he stumbled upon what the pair were actually conducting experiments for.

## Powers and Abilities

### Former Powers

* **Biological Connection to Faora:** After being possessed and used as a vessel by the phantom of Faora, Mercy gained some sort of biological connection with her that remained even after the two had separated. This allowed to Mercy to still retain a limited supply of certain Kryptonian abilities. This connection was later severed after Faora's death at the hands of Mercy.
	+ **Semi-Kryptonian Physiology:** The biological connection with Faora altered Mercy's physiology and allowed her to access a certain number of Faora's Kryptonian powers, albeit much more weakened versions of these powers.
		- **Solar Energy Absorption:**
			* **Accelerated Healing Factor:**
			* **Heat Vision:**
			* **Invulnerability:**
			* **Superhuman Senses:**
				+ **Superhuman Vision:**
				+ **Night Vision:**
					- **X-Ray Vision:**
				+ **Superhuman Hearing:**
			* **Freeze Breath:**
			* **Superhuman Speed:**
			* **Superhuman Strength:**
			* **Superhuman Jumping/Leaping:**
			* **Superhuman Stamina:**

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect/Strong Business Acumen/Master Tactician/Leader:**
	+ **Master Interrogator/Torturer:**
	+ **Master of Deception/Manipulator:**

* **Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist:**
	+ **Master Knife Wielder/Thrower:**
	+ **Master Markswoman:**

* **Peak of Human Physical Condition:**
	+ **Acrobatics/Free-Running:**
	+ **Honed Senses:**

## Appearances

### *Superman*

Season 1
* "Pilot"
* "Brothers In Arms"
* "Two's Company"
* "When Hero Meets Hell"
* "General, Care to Step Outside?"
* "No One Left Behind"
* "The Truth Leaves a Sour Taste"
* "Taking This One to the Grave"
* "The Wrong Lane"
* "Never Cross a Luthor"
* "Luck of the Irish"
* "Skin of the Cat"
* "Lois"
* "Superman's Best Friend"
* "Where There's a Luthor, There's a Super"

Season 2
* "The Adventures of Superman"
* "Child's Play" (body)
* "Heartless" (body)
* "Sparks Fly" (body)
* "A New Me" (body)
* "Oh, Brother"
* "I Am Zod"
* "Underworld Unleashed, Part 3"
* "It Only Takes an Army"
* "Trinity"
* "These Dark and Childish Obsessions"
* "Guardians of Metropolis"
* "The Guardian"
* "This is How it Ends"
* "New Krypton"

Season 3
* "Cousin of Mine"

## Behind the Scenes

* In DC Comics, **Mercy Graves** is the right-hand woman of Lex Luthor and a prominent secondary antagonist of Superman. In some comics, Mercy also originated from Themyscira, the home turf of Wonder Woman.