Otis Graves | |
Continuity: | DC Television Universe |
Series: | Supergirl |
Notability: | Recurring character |
Type: | Antagonist |
Occupation: | Terrorist |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Human |
Location: | National City |
Associations: | Children of Liberty |
Relatives: | Mercy Graves [1] |
Status: | Formerly deceased |
First: | "American Alien" |
Actor: | Robert Baker |
Otis Graves is a fictional terrorist and a minor recurring antagonist in the DC Television Universe. He appeared in season four of the TV series Supergirl where he was played by actor Robert Baker. He was introduced in the season premiere, "American Alien", and made four appearances in the series in total.
Biography[]
Otis Graves was the brother of Mercy Graves and a member of the Children of Liberty under the leadership of Ben Lockwood. They maintained a humanity-first anti-alien agenda, and actively sought to capture and/or destroy aliens residing in National City. One of the aliens they managed to capture was the Hellgrammite, whom they mentally controlled and sent out to battle Supergirl. The Hellgrammite managed to free himself from their control and killed Mercy and Otis with his body spikes. [2]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Otis Graves was created by director Jesse Warn and writers Gabriel Llanas, Aadrita Mukerji, Robert L. Rovner, and Jessica Queller.
- Otis Graves is unique to the continuity of the DC Television Universe and has no counterpart in the mainstream DC Universe.
- Otis' first name may have been inspired by the character of Otis, who was Lex Luthor's bumbling henchman in the original Superman film series.
- In the DC Universe, it has never been established whether Mercy Graves has a brother or not.
See also[]
Arrow
The Flash
Legends of Tomorrow
Appearances[]
- Supergirl: American Alien
- Supergirl: Fallout
- Supergirl: Man of Steel
- Supergirl: Ahimsa
- Supergirl: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Supergirl: The House of L
References[]
- ↑ Sister; deceased.
- ↑ Supergirl: Ahimsa