Mercy Laredo

Mercy Laredo is a human bounty hunter played by Jenny Wade.

Mercy dated Sparks Nevada while they were both in college, until Sparks broke up with her via mail sometime after their graduation.  Before the breakup, they shared a social circle, and Mercy also shamed Sparks' father, Captain Caiphas Nevada into giving Sparks his Robot Fists weapon as a graduation present.

Mercy has two brothers.  Jeff is an agricultural super-scientist.  Dustin was treating an outbreak of Pinnochiosis on Earth's moon, but was killed by the robots he was trying to treat.  Mercy now has a personal vendetta against all robots because of Dustin's death.

Mercy became a bounty hunter later, and eventually was tasked with tracking down Sparks Nevada after the robot Techs issued a bounty against him.  Sparks initially fled from Mercy, but later she confronted him again and bonded over keeping other bounty hunters Orna Peganu and the Space Saloon, who was going by La Diabla, from killing Sparks instead of just collecting on the bounty.

Croach declared himself declared himself under onus to Mercy for rescuing him, Sparks and The Red Plains Rider from Orna Peganu.  Sparks decided to travel with Mercy to rekindle their romance, and Croach came along for onus reasons.  

Mercy then took Sparks to the Bounty Hunter's guild to get his bounty hunter's license.  Afterwards, with Croach's help doing most of the work, the three collected ninety nine bounties in a month. 

The 100th bounty was for The Red Plains Rider.  Croach tracked her to the location of the Secreted City of Rococo, where Dale Tremain and the grey-skinned Martians surrounded them. Red intervened to save their lives, but Mercy was still determined to bring in Red.  Sparks drew on Mercy after Mercy drew on Red to try to diffuse the situation, but instead misinterpreted Mercy breaking up with him as preparing to shoot him, and shot at Mercy.  Croach, who was still under onus to Mercy, threw himself in front of the bullets, and Mercy took the distraction of Croach's impending death to escape.

In the Spinoff episode of Tales of the Troubleshooters , "Personal Business", Mercy has once again come to Mars, determined to hunt and kill both Sparks Nevada and The Red Plains Rider for.  However, she is confronted by Croach, who has been freshly resurrected by V'stalu of the Galaxium.  Croach, now at one with the universe via sharing conciousness with V'stalu, uses The Force Galactic to convince Mercy to let go of her anger towards Sparks and Red.

Appears In

• #82: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “One Night at O'Tooles”
• #86: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “Mercy Killing”
• #91: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “Mutiny on the Bounty Hunter”
• #95: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “Red Alert”
• #104: Tales of the Troubleshooters, “Personal Business”