Shadow King

Shadow King
Shadow King, variant cover art of Astonishing X-Men vol. 4, 1 (June 2017) Art by Dale Keown
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Uncanny X-Men #117 (January 1979)
Created by	Chris Claremont (writer) John Byrne (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Amahl Farouk
Species	Ancient entity and human mutant
Team affiliations	Dark X-Men Gladiators Brotherhood of Mutants Jacob Reisz Master of the Games Anansi Lenny Benny Cypher Karma
Notable aliases	Amahl Farouk
Abilities	Telepathy Possession Immortality

The Shadow King (Amahl Farouk) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is particularly associated with the X-Men family of comics. His nemesis is the X-Men's leader, Professor X, while he also figures into the backstory of the X-Man Storm. As originally introduced, Farouk was a human mutant from Egypt who used his vast telepathic abilities for evil, taking the alias Shadow King. Later writers established Farouk as only the modern incarnation of an ancient evil entity that has been around since the dawn of humanity, who became one with Farouk when he grew older.^[1]

The Shadow King has appeared in various adaptations of X-Men stories. The character's live-action debut is as the primary antagonist in the television series Legion, portrayed by Aubrey Plaza and Navid Negahban.