Shadow King
Real Name: Amahl Farouk
Height: Variable
Weight: Variable
Group Affiliation: None
First Appearance: X-Men 117, January 1979

Amahl Farouk was the first evil mutant that Professor X battled, and indeed, was one of the reasons that led Professor X to form the X-Men. After his apparent demise on the astral plane (and thus, in life), Farouk survived as a spirit who inhabited the bodies of others. he renamed himself the Shadow King and fueled his power on the hate and rage of his victims. After years of feeding, he resurfaced and took control of mental control of the X-men. Professor X defeated him once more, but the price of his victory was costly: his legs had been crippled, again.

In his most recent bid for power, the Shadow King tricked Psylocke into unleashing a psionic wave of such force upon the world that it temporarily crippled all the telepath's and collapsed the Astral Plane. Psylocke, however, turned the tables and imprisoned the Shadow King there, sacrificing her telepathic abilities to do so.