August Cartwright (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

August Cartwright is the former kidnapper of Beth Kane and the father of Johnny Cartwright. After faking his death, he assumed the identity of Ethan Campbell.

Biography

 * This character may have lived a similar life then his Earth-1 counterpart.

Early life
In 2003, during Beth birthday, August told her to make a wish, but she accidentally say it out loud and August told her that saying it out loud won't make it happen.

Days later, August discovered that Beth has a secret kitten and ruthlessly killed him in front of her and Johnny. He then noticed how great was done the sweater for the kitten, and he asked Beth about it but since she did not answer, he destroyed a copy of "Alice in Wonderland (Earth-Prime)|Alice in Wonderland]]". After the Beth screamed to him and told him that her father would kill him, August spitefully told her that he had already forgotten about her and showed her an article about Jacob's marriage with Catherine Hamilton. He then asked again Beth about the sweater and, after she admitted that she was the one to have done it, August started to teach her how to create masks of skin grafts.

In 2012, after faking his death and taking the identity of Dr. Ethan Campbell, he started to do plastic surgery and had to fix the face of Duela Dent who had scars near her mouth.

Testifying against his son
In 2020, Mary Hamilton, a former student of him came to August (while he is under Campbell identity) to testify for the trial of Jacob Kane by proving that the murderer was Jonathan Cartwright posing as her step-father with a mask made of skin grafts. August pretended that this isn't a possibility and that it may be something too much close to science fiction, and suggested that Mary was still traumatized because of the murder before walking away.

Weeks later, as Dr. Campbell, he would accept and meet Jacob Kane in Prison where they show some evidence about the skin crafted masked Mary talked about. August pretend to be surprised and told them if there is a way that he could meet this "Mouse" person. After meeting his son, he then revealed his identity and tried to reconnect with him and ask question about Beth but since he refused, he drugged him and tied him up inside a warehouse after sneaking him out of the hospital. Later he would find "Beth" and shot her with a sniper believing to have killed Alice.

A week later, as Dr. Campbell, he testified and proved Kane's innocence during his trial.

The following week, Sophie Moore went to visit him and talked to him about the fact that the recent women that got attacked may be from someone that has scars on her face and August told her that eight years ago, he did a plastic surgery on a Duela Dent who had similar scars. Later, while her was about to leave his desk, he was surprised to see Duela present at his door. But he would discover that it was in fact Alice in disguise and got knocked out. Later, at Alice's lair, his mask would be dropped and when Alice asked where was "Mouse", he answered that he will tell her where to find him with a smile.

Trivia

 * August is an avid pipe smoker, which is why Beth nicknamed him the "Caterpillar" in.
 * August has a similar story then Eobard Thawne since both took an identity for several years in order to fit in society.
 * August could be considered as the true main antagonist for Batwoman since he is the reason why Beth is Alice.