August Means (Imaginary Fiends)

August Means
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Real Name	August Means
Affiliation	Fraidy Cat
Status
Alignment	Neutral
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Maid
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Imaginary Fiends
Creators	Tim Seeley · Stephen Molnar
First Appearance	Imaginary Fiends #2 (February, 2018)
Appearance of Death	Imaginary Fiends #6 (June, 2018)

August Means was a sick young woman who became infected at a young age with an interdimensional psychic monster that named itself "Fraidy Cat".

History

This creature helped August cope with her disease, as she managed to grow better. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Islamaphobic groups started fires and sowed chaos across her small home town, so Fraidy Cat "volunteered" to help calm the people. She became a form of guardian spirit for the town, needing only the sacrifice of young children as payment. Fraidy's hold over August made her not notice anything wrong with this.

When the FBI discovered the missing children, they attempted to interfere, but Fraidy further manipulated August into attacking the agents sent to investigate. The pair almost succeeded, until another mental parasite called Polly Peachpit killed Fraidy, and her host Melba killed August.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Enhanced Vision: Means is what the IMP division calls an "Advanced Host"; due to her infection from Fraidy Cat at a young age, her infection spread to the point of being able to see other imaginary fiends as well.

Other Characteristics

• Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

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Footnotes

Vertigo Character
This character exists under the Vertigo Imprint which is intended for Mature Readers.Their continuity takes place within the context of Vertigo titles although they may cross over into regular DC continuity.