Otis Graves

"You think you stopped us tonight, but the fuse was lit. And it's gonna be beautiful."

- Otis Graves to Supergirl

Otis Graves is the loyal henchman of Lex Luthor, a former Cadmus agent, a former member of the Children of Liberty and the brother of the late Mercy Graves. He and his sister started to work for Lillian Luthor after Lex's arrest, then, following Cadmus's downfall, Mercy and Otis found Agent Liberty and helped him found his anti-alien terrorist group. Mercy was killed by an Hellgrammite while attempting to kill Supergirl, and he had supposedly suffered the same fate, only to be later revealed to have been resurrected by Eve Teschmacher and secretly working for Lex Luthor all along.

Early life
In 1996, Otis and his family went on vacation to an unknown destination and he was somehow dangerously injured by his sister, to the point that paramedics had to be called to resuscitate him.

Luthor Corp
At some point, Otis and Mercy became acquainted with Lex Luthor and they were respectively hired as a member and the head of security, at Luthor Corp.

However, unknowingly for his sister, even after this, Otis remained loyal to Lex and continued to secretly work for him. In early 2015, after his boss' trial, Otis was sent to recruit Eve Teschmacher, a huge fan of Lex who waited amongst the crowd and called out to his name as Lex was being taken away from court.

Project Cadmus
Following Lex's arrest, Otis and Mercy left Luthor Corp and joined Project Cadmus, run by Lex's mother, Lillian Luthor. However, Lillian was later arrested by Supergirl and Cadmus was shut down.

Sometime later, when Ben Lockwood was handing out anti-alien fliers to citizens in National City, Otis came across him and applauded him for his views on aliens, saying he was a true American Hero.

In Kaznia
Otis, alongside Lex and Eve, went to Kaznia after the Minister of Defense informed Lex of the existence of the copy of Supergirl; they eventually found the girl in a cabin in the woods after she saved a young boy from some thieves. After Lex accepted the offer of the Kaznian government to condition the copy in order to make her a weapon, Eve recognized a soldier who had made the copy "uncomfortable" so, Lex ordered for him to be executed and Otis watched without the slightest flinch. As Lex was about to return to prison due to his seventy-two free hours being nearly expired, Eve revealed him about the Harun-El and her experiments with Lena. Lex complimented Eve and ordered her to ensure she got results with her research, then Otis asked him if he should stay in Kaznia with "the commies", prompting Lex to frustratingly answer that he should drove him back home: later Lex explained his plan to force a war between United States and Kaznia to foil it and become a hero in the eyes of public opinion, so he asked Otis to find someone charismatic who could move the people, to which Otis remembered Lockwood and showed Lex one of his fliers; his boss complimented and ordered him to manipulate his sister into recruit him and found an anti-alien terrorist group.

Working with Agent Liberty
Otis does as he was instructed, contacted his sister and later, she pulled up next to Ben in a limo in the street. After explaining their plan to track down and kidnap Fiona Byrne, Mercy introduced herself as well as Otis. The three returned to a hideout where Ben was given a suit to don when working with them.

Under the orders of Liberty, the two ambushed Dr. Rohan Vose outside his lab and proceeded to use lasers to slice off his spikes that stuck out of his arms in order to gain access to the lab. After Otis took one, he took the other for playful reasons and Mercy criticized him for not acting professional. Just as the entrance to the lab opened, Supergirl smashed through a window, but was deafened by a device used by Otis and had her legs handcuffed together by Mercy. Otis then shot her through a window at the end of the corridor and the two entered the lab. However, Supergirl managed to escape from the cuffs as Mercy found the package they were looking for. As the two prepared to leave, Supergirl flew back in, but stayed behind in order to protect Dr. Vose from a bomb thrown down by Otis as the brother and sister duo made their escape. The two travelled back to Agent Liberty's lair and when Otis began playing with nunchucks, one of them hit something and Mercy threatened him not to do it again. When Liberty entered, Mercy told him their mission was successful, but when Otis told him that Supergirl showed up, she kicked him. Liberty then asked for the EMP and when shown it, he told the siblings to prepare for war. Later, at President Marsdin's gathering for aliens held at Camp David, Mercy and Otis were instructed to attack it and after stealing uniforms from two D.E.O. agents, they threw the EMP which turned off all the lights in which the gathering was being hosted. After Mercy failed to kill Alex Danvers. the siblings attempted to flee on motorcycles, but were followed by Supergirl. Knowing she couldn't lose her, Mercy resorted to shooting Otis in the shoulder which caused him to fly of his vehicle and was sent plummeting down, forcing Supergirl to stop and rescue him. As she did so, Mercy managed to escape. When incarcerated at the D.E.O. National City headquarters, Otis refused to answer any questions that agents asked him.

Director Alex Danvers attempted to question Otis on Mercy's whereabouts, but he only teased her, explaining that she could be at an Italian restaurant they both liked. However, Alex managed to frustrate Otis by saying Mercy was his boss and she was in charge, causing him to get up and try to attack her, but she managed to floor him and asked Agent Jensen to take him back to his cell. After failing to kill Lena Luthor and Supergirl, Mercy was also sent to the D.E.O. in a cell next to Otis. However, the two managed to escape by manipulating Agent Raymond Jensen into turning against the D.E.O.; the three travel to Agent Liberty's lair and use a device to send Kryptonite into the atmosphere, harming Supergirl.

Death and resurrection
During the period the atmosphere was inhabitable for Kryptonians, Mercy and Otis Graves stole the Angon alien parasite from a D.E.O. facility with help from two corrupted agents, Jensen and Taylor. The parasite was used to take control of Fiona Byrne, which forced her to use her psychic powers to possess an unnamed Kopy and Hellgrammite into wreaking havoc on National City. However their plans were thwarted by Supergirl's intervention and, after the Hellgrammite was freed from mind control, he killed both Mercy and Otis as revenge for being captured and brainwashed.

Sometime after this, Eve Teschmacher performed the "Metallo Procedure" over various subjects in her secret lab, before she finally managed to revive Otis.

After Eve informed Lex that Supergirl's copy "has a conscience" and it could be a problem for their project, she and Otis were instructed to stage the bombardment of the house of Mikhail, the child that the copy saved months prior, at the hand of American aircraft carrier in order to strengthen her resentment towards the Americans. However, although Eve easily managed to infiltrate the ship and carry out her mission, Otis, who was tasked to kill the child to ensure his murder, ultimately chose to spare him as, having been dead too, he believes in "second chances", but instructed him to pretend to be dead if he ever came across "any bald guy" during the rest of his life.

Return
After Lex Luthor obtained to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest and was transported to his mansion due to having developed an inoperable cancer (actually self-inflicted ), Lena realized that Lex was responsible of both the cut off of the backup power and James Olsen's assassination attempt, in order to gave her the incentive and the subject on which she could test the drug to guarantee its safety to be used as a healing agent, the woman replied that she would never gave him the cure and Lex, not being surprised at all, revealed that he already had someone administered it to him. In that moment, the FBI agent in the room revealed to be Otis disguised by an image inducer, and while he was bonding Lena to Lex's wheelchair, Eve entered, revealing her true colors. As Eve was instructed by Lex to "take care of his sister", Otis chloroformed Lena and left the mansion alongside his boss, preparing to flee by helicopter, only to be intercepted by Supergirl. However, as Lex jumped out of the helicopter and donned his Lexosuit, the superheroine decided to chase him, allowing Otis to escape.

Abilities

 * Peak of human physical condition: As a former member of security and Cadmus agent, Otis is in top physical condition after having undergone extensive training. His durability and resilience are remarkable as he was able to get up after being shot non-lethally in the shoulder and recover in a couple of days.
 * Expert combatant/Martial artist: As the former member of security of Luthor Corp and agent of Project Cadmus, Otis is a highly proficient unarmed combatant and trained in martial arts, although not as much as his sister.
 * Expert marksman: Otis is an expert in using firearms and has a nearly perfect aim even from an extended distance.
 * Expert driver/Pilot: Otis is capable of driving multiple vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles and helicopters.

Equipment

 * Anti-alien weapons: Otis has used a multitude of anti-alien guns.
 * Nunchucks: Otis carries nunchucks with him.
 * Image inducer: Otis has used an image inducer to disguise himself as an FBI agent.

Behind the scenes

 * The character is based on Otis first appeared in the 1978 film Superman as the buffoonish henchman of Lex Luthor, famously portrayed by actor Ned Beatty.