Husk first made appearances as a background character as one of Cannonball's many siblings in Rom Annual #3 (1984) by Bill Mantlo and William Johnson and The New Mutants #42 (1986) by Chris Claremont and Jackson Guice.

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.

[volume & issue needed] After the breakup of Generation X, Husk joins Banshee's militant X-Corps, along with other Gen X members, to keep an eye on him.

However, Sam, still feeling angry over the betrayal of his X-Men team, tells her to take him to a local bar, where he picks a fight with the members of rival families from their home.

[4] Husk is seen fighting alongside the rest of the X-Men in San Francisco and flirting with Angel at the same time, though it would appear they are no longer a couple.

[volume & issue needed] Paige is a resident of the mutant nation of Utopia and is seen fighting alongside the New X-Men battling her reanimated former teammates Synch and Skin.

Proteus takes swift action, dispatching the teams heavy-hitters Colossus and Magneto and possessing Trance, Nightcrawler, Psylocke and Husk.

While in mental possession of Husk, he displays the ability to assume a flaming energy form, something Paige was previously unable to do.

[volume & issue needed] Following the conflict between Wolverine and Cyclops that led to the former abandoning Utopia, Husk became a teacher at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.

Upon leaving the class, Paige instantly husks into her fire form and destroys the invading N'Garai in the mansion.

During Paige's time at the school, it becomes apparent that her mysterious molting condition is only worsening because her skin is in a state of constant cracking and flaking.

[12] It transpires that Husk's personality shifts and subsequent mental breakdown and betrayal were caused by a secondary mutation, which means her powers now also affect her mind as well as her body.

Husk is forgiven for her betrayal since she was of unsound mind and is made the academy's new guidance counselor, however Toad is fired.

Before he leaves she arranges a date at a local coffee shop, but the city is attacked by self-replicating energy bots built by Maximilian Frankenstein so he and Manuel Endque could escape the Grey Academy.

[13] Husk possesses the mutant ability to change her physical form by shedding her skin to reveal a new layer or shape underneath.

Husk was eventually found by her siblings and was taken to Sinister, who took his time to corrupt her and made her want revenge for the X-Men.

Husk infiltrated the ranks of the X-Men as a mutant named Xorn and kidnapped Charles Lensherr; she even battled alongside the other Guthries, but was ultimately killed by Wolverine's daughter, Kirika.

[volume & issue needed] In the Age of X reality Paige is seen breaking free of mutant hunters killing many of them and later meeting up with her brother, Sam.

[18] In the Age of X-Man reality, Paige Guthrie is the Agriculture Instructor of the 10th Year class within the Summers Institute Of Higher Learning, located in Winchester, NY.

[20] In the Ultimate Marvel reality, Paige Guthrie is a fourteen-year-old mutant living in the Southwest, which is overrun by Sentinels.

[22] Husk makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Hidden Agenda".