Who Is Mercer? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mercer is a Hasbro comic book character, the alter ego of Felix P. Stratton , with over 45 comic issue appearances. Mercer is a member of the G.I. Joe team. He is the only Cobra Viper ever to defect to G.I. Joe.

Who is Mercer?

Mercer was an ex-Cobra Viper who joined the Joes, starting out as a member of Sgt. Slaughter's Renegades, a trio of probationary Joes who did mostly black-ops work and do not officially "exist". Marvel Comics/Devil's Due History Mercer debuts in the Devil's Due issues of the G.I. Joe comic series, where he leads an assault team on Cobra Island during the second Cobra Civil War. His team, comprised of himself, Jinx, Sci-Fi, new member Hacker, Mainframe, and Flash, is assigned with the task of taking out the revived Serpentor's EMP weapons. Mainframe and Flash are separated from the rest of the squad, and when Hacker is badly injured, Mercer leads a retreat while the two missing Joes managed to destroy the EMP generators. Mainframe and Flash don't make it out alive because of interfering Cobra forces. Mercer is later one of the Joes kept on the team after the Jugglers place General Philip Rey in charge.

Key facts

Mercer is of human origin and first appeared in "The Official G.I. Joe Handbook Part 2". The character is published by Hasbro. With 45 recorded issue appearances, Mercer ranks among the most featured characters in comics.