Skipper Matthews

Bradley 'Skipper" Matthews (Age: 12) is the main protagonist in the 25th Goosebumps book "Attack of the Mutant." Skipper collects comic books such as the "Silver Swan." He never reads his comic books and tries his hardest to keep them in mint condition, however, he does read one series, "The Masked Mutant!" Little did Skipper know that soon, not only would the League of Good Guys be fighting the Masked Mutant, but himself as well!

Family and Friends
Skipper's best friend is named Wilson. In the book, Wilson collects rubber stamps, however in the T.V. episode, he collects rocks.

Skipper's family consists of his father, who disapproves of comic books, his mother, and his 9 year old sister Mitzy. Skipper has one more "friend" who collects "Highschool Harry and Beanhead" comics named Libby. It is later revealed (SPOILER ALERT AHEAD!) that she is the Masked Mutant in disguise.

When Skipper and Libby enter the H.Q. of the Masked Mutant, Skipper is zapped with a ray, which (SPOILER ALERT AHEAD!) turns him into tiny dots of ink, in other words, a comic book character, he later sees himself in the Masked Mutant comics, and enters a room in the H.Q. which containts a table with folders on it. The contents of the folders are the art for the Masked Mutant comics, and as Skipper opens another folder, he sees that the folder contains drawings of himself.

Skipper cleverly defeats the Masked Mutant by tricking him into thinking he is the "Colossal Elastic Boy" and tells the Mutant that the only way to destroy him is by turning into selphuric acid, however, the Masked Mutant is only able to change into solids, not liquids or gasses, and dies.

At the end of the book, Skipper accidentally cuts himself with a knife at a birthday party, and bleeds ink, implying that he is still a comic book character. At the end of the T.V. episode, his mother brings in a comic book in the mail, and then notices that there is ink on Skipper's hand, and goes to the sink to scrub it off, which is where Skipper says "I'm gonna go watch T.V." She then picks up the comic and instead of the Masked Mutant, it is "The Colossal Elastic Boy" #1. She screams and then notices that Skipper's arm is not there, but his arm is stretched out, he then lets go and the hand goes back to Skipper, where we see him in the Elastic Boy costume.