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==Publication history== |
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Speed Saunders is the first featured character featured in the longest running series of [[DC Comics]], ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #1 (March 1937). <ref name="Syfy">{{cite web |last1=Funk |first1=Matthew |title=Before Batman: looking back at Detective Comics #1 80 years later |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-issue-1-retrospective |website=SYFY WIRE |accessdate=25 April 2019 |language=en |date=2 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Tech times">{{cite web |last1=McCool |first1=Ben |title=Exploring The Forgotten Back-Up Stories In Batman, Superman And Spider-Man's First Appearances |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/77838/20150819/exploring-the-forgotten-back-up-stories-in-batman-superman-and-spider-mans-first-appearances.htm |website=Tech Times |accessdate=25 April 2019 |language=en |date=19 August 2015}}</ref>In 1999 [[James Robinson (comics)|James Robinson]] and [[David S. Goyer]] used the character in ''JSA Secret Files'' #1. |
Speed Saunders is the first featured character featured in the longest running series of [[DC Comics]], ''[[Detective Comics]]'' #1 (March 1937). <ref name="Syfy">{{cite web |last1=Funk |first1=Matthew |title=Before Batman: looking back at Detective Comics #1 80 years later |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/detective-comics-issue-1-retrospective |website=SYFY WIRE |accessdate=25 April 2019 |language=en |date=2 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Tech times">{{cite web |last1=McCool |first1=Ben |title=Exploring The Forgotten Back-Up Stories In Batman, Superman And Spider-Man's First Appearances |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/77838/20150819/exploring-the-forgotten-back-up-stories-in-batman-superman-and-spider-mans-first-appearances.htm |website=Tech Times |accessdate=25 April 2019 |language=en |date=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Times">{{cite web |last1=January 16 |first1=Chad A. Burdette on |last2=PM |first2=Chad A. Burdette on |title=Detective Comics – A Countdown to #1000 : The Golden Age |url=https://blog.timesunion.com/comicbooks/detective-comics-a-countdown-to-1000-the-golden-age/14807/ |website=Times Union |accessdate=25 April 2019 |date=16 January 2019}}</ref>In 1999 [[James Robinson (comics)|James Robinson]] and [[David S. Goyer]] used the character in ''JSA Secret Files'' #1. |
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==Fictional character biography== |
==Fictional character biography== |
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Cyril started out as a G-Man, working in the FBI's River Patrol Division.<ref>Detective Comics #1 [Millennium Edition] (1937)[reprinted 2001].</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. Eventually, it was revealed that he was a private investigator and later a member of the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]]. During those time he meets [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Wesley Dodds]] and the two become lifelong friends. (''JSA Secret Files'' #1, 1999) |
Cyril started out as a G-Man, working in the FBI's River Patrol Division.<ref>Detective Comics #1 [Millennium Edition] (1937)[reprinted 2001].</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. Eventually, it was revealed that he was a private investigator and later a member of the [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]]. During those time he meets [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Wesley Dodds]] and the two become lifelong friends. (''JSA Secret Files'' #1, 1999) |
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Cyril "Speed" Saunders is a DC Comics character, first appearing in Detective Comics #1 (1937). Cyril "Speed" Saunders first appeared in Detective Comics #1 (1937). He is depicted as an adventurer and detective during the 1930s and 1940s. He He is later retconned as the grandfather of the current Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders), and first cousin to the original Hawkgirl, Shiera Sanders Hall.
Publication history
Speed Saunders is the first featured character featured in the longest running series of DC Comics, Detective Comics #1 (March 1937). [1][2][3]In 1999 James Robinson and David S. Goyer used the character in JSA Secret Files #1.
Fictional character biography
Cyril started out as a G-Man, working in the FBI's River Patrol Division.[4] In addition to being a G-Man, he also seemed to be both an adventurer and detective depending on the needs of the story. Eventually, it was revealed that he was a private investigator and later a member of the OSS. During those time he meets Wesley Dodds and the two become lifelong friends. (JSA Secret Files #1, 1999)
In 1938 Saunders becomes 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 into China and 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 Dr. Fate and so become the newest incarnation of that hero. Saunders leaves Wesley on that Mount so as to take the information to Alan Scott and the 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)
References
- ^ Funk, Matthew (2 March 2017). "Before Batman: looking back at Detective Comics #1 80 years later". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ McCool, Ben (19 August 2015). "Exploring The Forgotten Back-Up Stories In Batman, Superman And Spider-Man's First Appearances". Tech Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ January 16, Chad A. Burdette on; PM, Chad A. Burdette on (16 January 2019). "Detective Comics – A Countdown to #1000 : The Golden Age". Times Union. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Detective Comics #1 [Millennium Edition] (1937)[reprinted 2001].
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