Shadow King

Shadow King
Textless variant cover of Astonishing X-Men #1 (September 2017). Art by Dale Keown.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Uncanny X-Men #117 (January 1979)
Created by	Chris Claremont John Byrne
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, primarily as an enemy of the X-Men. 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 the modern incarnation of an ancient evil entity.^[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.