Who Is Skin? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Skin is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Angelo Espinosa, with over 710 comic issue appearances. A member of Generation X who possessed the ability to manipulate his own skin in a number of ways.

Who is Skin?

Origin Captured by the Phalanx Angelo Espinosa was a gangbanger from Los Angeles whose life of violence forced him to fake his own death during a gang fight in which his girlfriend seemingly killed several people. He still had a gun he had found on him after waking up from unconsciousness which he plugged so that it could never be fired, keeping it as a reminder of the painful night that had changed his life. He first came to X-Men 's attention when he, among other young mutants, were kidnapped by technorganic Phalanx . After escaping the Phalanx, Espinosa was offered a place at the new branch school Xavier was creating at Emma Frost 's Massachusetts Academy . Espinosa reluctantly accepted after being convinced by Beast into becoming part of Generation X and took on the codename Skin. Unlike the other members of Generation X, Skin didn't want to become an X-Man, he only wanted to learn how to control his powers. Creation Skin was created by Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #317 (1994). Major Story Arcs Generation X Joining Generation X At first dour and cynical, Angelo soon became one the team's pillars of perspective and good humor, even nursing .

Key facts

Skin is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Primal Scream". The character is published by Marvel. With 710 recorded issue appearances, Skin ranks among the most featured characters in comics.