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Shadow King

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…

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Publisher
Marvel Comics
Abilities
Telepathy Possession Immortality
Alter ego
Amahl Farouk
Created by
Chris Claremont · John Byrne
First appearance
The Uncanny X-Men #117 (January 1979)
Species
Ancient entity and human mutant

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Edges70
Triples159
Avg. degree1.97
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related to New Mutants · 17
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related to Television · 16
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related to Dawn of X · 15
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related to X-Men: Worlds Apart · 12
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related to Brotherhood of Evil Mutants · 11
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related to history · 11
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related to Ultimate Marvel · 11
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related to Fictional character biography · 10
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related to External links · 9
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related to Muir Island saga · 9
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Shadow KingAbilitiesTelepathy Possession Immortality1.00infobox
Shadow KingAlter egoAmahl Farouk1.00infobox
Shadow KingCreated byChris Claremont1.00infobox
Shadow KingCreated byJohn Byrne1.00infobox
Shadow KingFirst appearanceThe Uncanny X-Men #117 (January 1979)1.00infobox
Shadow KingPublisherMarvel Comics1.00infobox
Shadow KingSpeciesAncient entity and human mutant1.00infobox
Shadow KingTeam affiliationsDark X-Men Gladiators Brotherhood of Mutants1.00infobox
Shadow Kingrelated to Age of ApocalypseAn0.60section
Shadow Kingrelated to Age of ApocalypseEarth-2950.60section
Shadow Kingrelated to Age of ApocalypseAge0.60section
Shadow Kingrelated to Age of ApocalypseApocalypse0.60section

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