History
Director Ratcliffe was originally the director of the Global Defense Agency and served with Cecil Stedman as his protégé. After the Lizard League invaded the Pentagon, Radcliffe had revealed he enlisted the aid of two terrorists that had almost killed Stedman before to appear on the scene and saved them. Director Radcliffe revealed that their deaths had been faked, since he thought they were of better use working on the government's side. Subsequently, Cecil thanked the former terrorists by killing them on the spot, earning him a prison sentence on his own. After a couple of months, Cecil was visited in prison by Director Radcliffe, who was stepping down from his job on the Global Defense Agency, and claiming that Cecil would be the only person capable of taking over. After declining, Radcliffe told Cecil that he could either be the good guy or the guy who saved the world, but not always both at the same time. Cecil soon accepted the offer.
Sometime later, Ratcliffe purchased the aid of a young Rex Sloan, purchasing him from his parents in exchange for wealth and training him as his own superhuman hitman to carry out his agenda. He later revealed to have went rogue and planned to send Rex to assassinate his former student Stedman by destroying the entire Pentagon. Rex would eventually refuse and warn Stedman of Ratcliffe's plans. In response, Ratcliffe tried to attack Rex for his betrayal, causing Rex to accidentally turn Ratcliffe's glasses into a bomb which killed him.