Identification

Real Name: Paige Guthrie
Alias: Husk
Identity: Secret
Occupation: Adventurer, student
Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record, still a minor
Age: ?(Midteens)
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Birth Place: Cumberland County, Kentucky
Known Relatives: Father (deceased), mother, Samuel (Cannonball, brother), Joshua, Jebediah (brothers), Elizabeth, Joelle (sisters), other unnamed brothers and sisters
Group Affiliation: Generation X
First Appearance: X-FORCE #33

Physical Attributes

Hair: Blonde (can vary when shapeshifting)
Eyes: Blue(Can vary when shapeshifting)
Height: 5 ft. 7 in. (can vary when shapeshifting)
Weight: 100 lbs. (can vary when shapeshifting)

Powers: Husk is a mutant metamorph, who is able to change her physical form by tearing off her outermost layer of skin. Husk has been able to shift into anything that does not exceed her body mass. Any extra mass left when she shifts into a smaller form (such as a bird or insect) is shunted into an unknown extradimensional space, and will return to Husk when she resumes her human form. Husk prefers to change herself into a form resembling her own, but composed of a different element, such as silver, stone, and steel, with the appropriate properties of those forms, including an increased strength and resistance to injury. However, any injuries that Husk incurs while shifted will remain when she returns to human form.

History: The sister of the X-Man Cannonball, Paige Guthrie was born to a large Kentucky coal miner's family. Her father passed away when she was very young, due to a lung affliction gained from working in the mines. As a teenager, she discovers her inborn mutant ability to shed her skin, metamorphosing into a different composition beneath. She has used this power to turn her body into stone, glass, and an acid-like substance, among other materials. She can also use her power to heal herself by shedding a damaged form in favor of an intact one. She normally cannot change the shape of her form, only its composition, although an issue of X-Force, written before her powers had been fully defined, depicted her transforming into a bird. Generation X From the series' beginning in 1996 until its cancellation at issue #75 in 2001, Husk was a member of the junior X-Men team Generation X, where she earned a reputation as a workaholic, constantly trying to prove herself fit for the main team. She also develops a troubled relationship with her antisocial teammate Chamber. Towards the end of the team's existence, Paige became the group's computer expert and develops an interest in environmental issues.

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