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Husk / Paige Elisabeth Guthrie

Universe: Marvel Universe
Real Name: Paige Elisabeth Guthrie
Aliases: None
Identity: Secret
Occupation: Adventurer, former student, farmer
Citizenship: U.S.
Place of Birth: Cumberland County, Kentucky
Known Relatives: Thomas Zebulon (father, deceased), Lucinda (mother), Lucas Bartholemew (uncle), Samuel (Cannonball, brother), Joshua "Jay" (Icarus, brother, deceased), Joelle (sister), Elizabeth (sister), Melody (Aero, sister), Jebediah (brother), Lewis (brother), two other unnamed siblings, Ray Jr. (adopted brother)
Group Affiliation: X-Men, Mutantes Sans Frontières, formerly Xavier Institute Student Body, X-Corps, Generation X
Education: Various courses at Xavier Institute

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Powers
Husk possesses the ability to alter the submolecular structure of her body underneath her skin, allowing her to shed her outer epidermis to reveal a new layer of varying properties. In the past, Husk has demonstrated the ability to shift into any form that does not exceed her body mass; however, she prefers to change herself into a form resembling her own, but composed of different elements, such as stone, steel, and rubber, with the appropriate properties of those forms, including potential increases in strength, durability, and speed. Husk's transformations usually last an hour, after which the new material sheds to reveal normal skin underneath. Any injuries that Husk incurs while transformed remain when her skin sheds.
Abilities
Husk is adept at the programming and operation of computers.

After her older brother Sam's mutant powers manifested and he joined the New Mutants, Paige tried many things to discover whether she was also a mutant, but became frustrated after many failures. Venting her anger, Paige finally found that her power was to shed her skin. She kept her nature secret until the day Sam and his X-Force teammate Boomer visited the farm. They were abducted by the Fenris twins as part of the "Younghunt," a contest involving the capture of young mutants. X-Force teamed up with the New Warriors, whose member Firestar had also been captured, and together they opposed the organizer of the contest, the Gamesmaster. Paige secretly followed them and confronted the Gamesmaster, defeating him in a game of wits.
Soon after, Paige was kidnapped by the techno-organic alien Phalanx, who sought to learn how to assimilate mutants into their collective. Paige and her fellow abductees were rescued by an ad-hoc X-Men team, and subsequently became founding members of Generation X, a team of mutants enrolled at the new Massachusetts branch of Xavier's School. During her time there, Paige studied to become a better X-Man than Sam. She also romanced her teammate Chamber. After the School was closed, Paige was recruited by her former headmaster Banshee into his paramilitary X-Corps. After that group was dismantled, Paige went to study at the reestablished Xavier Institute. Her interest in environmental issues led to her discovering corruption within Worthington Enterprises, the company owned by the X-Man Archangel. Investigating, she and Archangel encountered the Dominant Species, and she was almost killed. Archangel saved her with his healing ability, after which they became romantically involved.
Having finally graduated to the ranks of the X-Men, Paige later aided Archangel in establishing the global mutant outreach program "Mutantes Sans Frontières." Setting up office in Zanzibar, they became involved in an attempt by the Hellfire Club to destabilize the country by employing the mercenary Weaponeers. Alongside the country's President, who was secretly the superhero Askari, as well as reinforcements from Genosha, the heroes managed to repel the invaders.

Husk - Marvel Universe

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The sister of the X-Man Cannonball, Paige Guthrie was born to a large Kentucky coal miner's family. As a teenager, she discovered 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.
From the series' beginning in 1994 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 developed a troubled relationship with her antisocial teammate Chamber. Towards the end of the team's existence, Paige became the group's computer expert and developed an interest in environmental issues.
After the break-up of Generation X, Husk joined Banshee's militant X-Corps to keep an eye on him. She later joined the X-Men in Chuck Austen's 2001 revamp of Uncanny X-Men and was placed in a controversial relationship with the long-time X-Man Archangel, Husk being 19 years old and roughly 10 years Archangel's junior.
The two took an extended leave of absence. Archangel launched a charity called "Mutantes Sans Frontières" in Zanzibar, a reference to Médecins Sans Frontières ("Doctors Without Borders"), where the two proceeded to help stop a coup with the aid of Professor X's newest charges from nearby Genosha.
Her younger brother Josh later joined the new New Mutants team under the codename Icarus. Her sister Melody also joined the school as Aero after discovering she could fly, but has since been depowered by House of M, although Paige herself retains her powers. Icarus later was killed following the events of M-Day, though how Paige has taken his death has not been shown.
It is unknown what the future will have next in store for Paige Guthrie, but for now she seems to have put the X-Men behind her. She is enjoying being in a happy relationship with Warren though she is not above some occasional jealousy. She is also not a full member of any X-Men team, and she has been reduced to just a few guest-appearances here and there. She is most often seen in the current New X-Men title while tending to the wounded. She was also shown attending the funeral of her little brother Jay Guthrie who was killed by William Stryker