Editing Speed Saunders (section)

==Fictional character biography==
Cyril started as a G-Man, working in the FBI's River Patrol Division.<ref>''Detective Comics'' #1</ref> In addition to being a G-Man, he also seemed to be both an adventurer and detective depending on the needs of the story. He investigated murder cases, and also once fought with a mad scientist who'd transplanted a human brain into an ape.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nevins |first1=Jess |title=Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes |date=2013 |publisher=High Rock Press |isbn=978-1-61318-023-5 |page=232}}</ref>

Eventually, it was revealed that he was a private investigator and later a member of the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]]. During that time he meets [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Wesley Dodds]] and the two become lifelong friends (''JSA Secret Files'' #1 1999).

In 1938 Saunders became involved in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), participating in counterespionage operations throughout [[World War II]](''JSA Secret Files'' #1 1999).

In the modern era, Cyril finds his orphaned granddaughter, Kendra Saunders; he takes her in and begins training her in hand-to-hand combat and other skills. He knows that she has a great destiny as the next [[Hawkgirl]].

Cyril joined his friend Wesley Dodds on a trip to [[China]], [[Tibet]], and the [[Himalayas]]. It is on Mt. Kailash that the two meet with the Gray Man. The two men receive the location of three babies, one of which is to receive the essence of [[Doctor Fate|Dr. Fate]] and so become the newest incarnation of that hero. Saunders leaves Wesley on that Mount to take the information to [[Alan Scott]] and the [[Justice Society of America|JSA]], as well as to [[Sanderson Hawkins]] (''JSA Secret Files'' #1 1999).

Once in China proper, Cyril also contacts his granddaughter Kendra and gives her information on one of the babies. He tells her to go to [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] and to protect that baby (''JSA'' #2 1999).