At one point, it’s suggested she is an Amazon and, at another time, she decides to try being a hero to make up for her past misdeeds. Again, she plays the role of Lex’s bodyguard and is later paired with a partner, Hope. Mercy was later introduced as a character in DC Comics, much like Batman: The Animated Series’ Harley Quinn before her and the Superman radio show’s Jimmy Olsen before either of them. Sadly, though, it didn’t last and she was later seen acting as his hired help once again. His dicketry and verbal and physical abuse were more than she could bear or would continue to take and she snubbed him at the first chance. When Lex was in prison in the Justice League cartoon and she took over his company, LexCorp, at his behest, Mercy took this as her time to strike, keeping control of the company later on even after he left prison. The worm seemed to turn, though, when Lex failed to save Mercy’s life even when he could have done so with ease. That, compounded with the fact that Lex took her in and she bragged that she got away with calling him by his first name, gave viewers the impression that she thought Lex cared about her, something Superman tried to persuade her against. Mercy was always respectful of Lex, but never subservient, expressing her opinion when she thought he needed to hear it. However, what was always most notable about the character other than her general toughness and take-no-nonsense attitude was her devotion to Lex and a possible misread of the actual nature of their relationship. Instead of doing the usual Lex thing and exacting swift revenge, he cleaned Mercy up and gave her a job as right-hand woman, bodyguard, and doer-of-underhanded-awfulness. Originally a leader of a gang of female thieves, Mercy attempted to steal a briefcase full of cash from Lex, but, of course, was stopped by the billionaire’s goons. A bit of an unhealthy obsession with and hatred of Superman. Mercy, decked out here looking like every idea of a chauffeur you’ve ever seen, actually started out not as a comic book character, but as part of the cast of the Superman cartoon as Lex Luthor’s assistant. Mercy Graves with Lex Luthor in SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
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