Skin (Marvel Comics)

Skin
Panel from Generation X #63 Art by Steve Pugh
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #317
Created by	Scott Lobdell (writer) Joe Madureira (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Angelo Espinosa
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Generation X
Abilities	Six feet of extra, malleable skin which can be stretched or reshaped at will

Skin (Angelo Espinosa) is a fictional mutant in the Marvel Universe of comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #317. (1994)

Angelo Espinosa was a former gang member from the east Los Angeles area who faked his own death to leave that part of his life behind. Skin was one of four young mutants (including M, Husk, and Blink) abducted by the Phalanx, a techno-organic alien race. The reason behind the abductions was so that the Phalanx could uncover the secret behind their inability to assimilate mutants into their collective. Through their combined efforts and those of Banshee, Emma Frost, Sabretooth, Synch, and Jubilee, the four young mutants managed to escape their confines; although, Blink sacrificed herself by using her powers to destroy the Phalanx that had captured them.

Afterwards, Skin accepted an invitation to enroll in the Massachusetts Academy, a school for mutants owned by Emma Frost. As a member of Generation X, Skin was joined by Synch, Jubilee, Husk, and M (and later by Chamber, Penance, and Mondo). During his stay at the Massachusetts Academy, Skin became close friends with Chamber because neither could pass for normal humans in public, and he always found time to playfully flirt with Husk, Jubilee (whom he nicknamed Jubecita), and M. Skin was also hunted by a mutant-killing vigilante known as the X-Cutioner who believed Skin responsible for the death of Angelo Espinosa. The X-Cutioner did not know that Skin, in fact, was Angelo Espinosa. Skin and Chamber succeeded in defeating the vigilante, but kept the secret.