Skinless Man
The Skinless Man is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Harry Pizer was a male human Mutant who used to be a barrister during the Cold War. He was very successful at his job thanks to his mutant power where his elastic and multi-sensory skin enabled him to excel at espionage. He would use his talents to give himself an unfair advantage by reading or taking important papers that he needed to win his cases. His actions eventually drew the suspicion of a man he only knew as Father who offered the barrister a place in a weapon development program called Weapon Plus. He was informed that not only would he be helping his country during the Cold War but that this would buy Father's silence about his illegal activities. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #22)
The Weapon Plus program augmented his strength, and increased his skin's durability and elasticity. Designated as Weapon III, Father had sent him to gather intelligence on the Soviets where Pizer claimed to had sentenced thousands of death as he proved to be an effective operative. It was noted that he came to meet a fellow Weapon Plus agent called Fantomex where they had worked on several jobs together. Later on, Pizer was sent on a mission to recover a relic called the Orb of Necromancy that had the power to give life to the inanimate. Sent into Otherworld, Harry was deployed on his assignment which proved to be a bloody affair but Pizer managed to eventually succeed in his task. However, just as he got the Orb, he was confronted by Fantomex who had been dispatched by someone else in Weapon Plus to stop Father from succeeding in his goal. Despite being a fellow agent, Pizer was shot by Fantomex and left for dead. Eventually. he was found by the Captain Britain Corps and brought before Sir James Braddock, Sr. who proceeded in judgement over Pizer. He ordered the man's skin be removed from his body yet still remain alive to witness it with this being seen as punishment for all the men he killed in order to acquire the Orb. Trapped within the jigsaw jails of the citadel, Pizer came to learn that Fantomex had later stolen Harry's skin and used it to create sentient bullets that can never miss. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #22)
When Fantomex was brought in front of the Britain Corps to face his crimes. Weapon III', a.k.a the Skinless Man, later learned that Fantomex had returned to Otherworld and stole his special skin. Looking for revenge, he taught his muscle to do what his skin used to do. Psylocke helped Fantomex escape his sentence, but before they could escape, the Skinless Man ambushed them. He cut the skin off of Fantomex's face as revenge for losing his skin. Betsy then used Krokwell's poison to get rid of the Skinless Man, freeing Fantomex. The Skinless Man fled the scene whilst Betsy learnt the rest of X-Force were in danger in Otherworld. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #23)
The Skinless Man was recruited into the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants who all had personal hatred against X-Force. He settled an old score by murdering his ex-wife and her husband. The Brotherhood later initiated their plan to destroy X-Force and kidnapped Evan Sabahnur so they may raised their own Apocalypse to destroy the world. As X-Force came face to face with the new Brotherhood of Evil mutants, Fantomex was poisoned by Mystique with a poison that completely blocked his powers. Psylocke was mind controlled by Shadow King forcing Fantomex to intervene. The Skinless Man came in and called out Fantomex for misdirecting Psylocke into loving him. Fantomex got rid of him for a moment and put his mask on Psylocke, cutting the connection the Shadow King had over her due to the dampening plates. Fantomex tossed Psylocke into EVA and ordered her to go. Farouk messed with Fantomex's three brains while the Skinless Man grabbed him and ripped his heart out, all while gloating how they got Evan and will use him to kill billions and that it was all his fault. He also mentioned that father would be so proud of him. As X-Force retreated back to Cavern X, Daken appeared on their big screen TV, revealing himself as leader of the Brotherhood. Daken stated that without Fantomex's control, Ultimaton returned to his natural programming "Killing mutants". While Cavern X was nuked by Ultimaton, the new Brotherhood, joined by the Skinless Man and the Omega Clan watched on, with Genesis under Daken's arm, and Fantomex dead in a chair. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #27)
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a Weapon Plus operative, he was given the code name of Weapon III. Due to his abilities though, he also came to be referred to as the Skinless Man. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #22)
He considered Fantomex a 'brother' on account for both of them being agents of Weapon Plus. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #22)
Powers and abilities
The Skinless Man was a Mutant who had an elastic and multi-sensory skin that he could manipulate at will. His skin was was sensitive enough that he could read printed text by feeling faint dents on a page. He could stretch it to at least several meters from his body. Originally, he used these talents to aid him in his work life as a barrister where he used his stretchable skin to give him an unfair advantage over others. The Weapon Plus program greatly enhanced the durability and expansion of his skin that allowed him to use it as weapon. He could stretch it into tendrils strong enough to strangle multiple victims at once. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #22)
Brought before the Captain Britain Corps, they came to strip him of his skin in a way that kept Pizer alive as punishment for his actions. After his skin was removed, he taught his muscles to expand and contract on a molecular level. It was shown that he could turn the muscles on his arms into tendrils and use them to whip distant targets with them to knock a person unconscious. He could also use them to wrap around a person to apprehend them and even crush them. The Skinless Man had said that his muscles responded to his mental thoughts quickly and that he could command them faster than a telepath could control his mind. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #22)
Originally, Pizer served as a barrister until he was recruited into the Weapon Plus program. He came to be enhanced to serve as a supersoldier operative where he worked under the figure known as Father. (Uncanny X-Force v1 #22)
Notes
- The Skinless Man was created by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini where he made his first appearance in Uncanny X-Force v1 #21 (February, 2012).
- In an interview on CBR, Remender commented, "The Skinless Man is Weapon III. I touch upon his history with Fantomex, but just enough. I don't want to give too much exposition. So we flashed back and saw some of their history together in issue #22 and then later on in my run we'll get a deeper look at their rivalry and see what their hatred for one another is built upon. The Skinless Man is basically Fantomex's Sabretooth. I've got a lot of fun ideas for him like the fact that his skin is part of the sentient bullets Fantomex has been using for all these years."
Alternate Versions
Appearances
- Uncanny X-Force v1: (2012)
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