Shadow King (Amahl Farouk)

Amahl Farouk, also known as Ananasi, Cypher, Douglas Ramsey, Jacob Reisz, Karma, King of the Astral Plane, Shadow King and Xi'an Coy Minh, is a character from the Marvel Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
When the telepathic mutant Amahl Farouk’s physical body died after facing off against Charles Xavier he became the psionic entity known as The Shadow King. The encounter with the Farouk was the incident that convinced Charles Xavier to found the X-Men.
For many years the Shadow King's primary human manifestation was a man named Amahl Farouk. It was as Farouk that he originally confronted Professor Xavier, inspiring Xavier to form the X-Men.
In his most recent appearances, it's suggested that Shadow King is an essence of pure psionic energy existing within the Astral Plane and possessing the bodies of those in the living world. Previously, he was portrayed as a disembodied mutant moving from one host to another after his original body had died.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Age of Apocalypse
* Amazing X-Men
* Astonishing X-Men
* Cable
* Citizen V and the V-Battalion: The Everlasting
* Classic X-Men
* Essential Wolverine
* Essential X-Men
* Excalibur
* Excalibur Classic
* Exiles
* Exiles Ultimate Collection
* Gambit Classic
* Marvel Legacy: X-Men Extra
* Marvel Masterworks
* Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men
* Marvel Previews
* Marvel: Your Universe
* Mutant X
* New Excalibur
* New Excalibur: Battle For Eternity
* New Excalibur: Last Days of Camelot
* New Exiles
* New Exiles: Soul Awakening
* New Mutants
* New Warriors Classic
* Nightcrawler
* Reign of X
* Secret Wars II Omnibus
* Secret Wars: X-Men
* The New Mutants
* The New Mutants Classic
* The New Mutants Saga
* The Uncanny X-Men
* The X-Men
* Titans
* Trials of X
* Ultimate Spider-Man and X-Men
* Ultimate X-Men
* Ultimate X-Men: Apocalypse
* Ultimate X-Men: Sentinels
* Uncanny X-Force
* Uncanny X-Force: Final Execution
* Uncanny X-Men Omnibus
* Wolverine
* Wolverine and Deadpool
* Wolverine and Gambit
* X-Factor
* X-Factor Annual
* X-Man
* X-Men
* X-Men '92
* X-Men '92 Infinite Comic
* X-Men Adventures
* X-Men Annual
* X-Men Classic: The Complete Edition
* X-Men Deluxe
* X-Men Extra
* X-Men Omega
* X-Men Universe
* X-Men vs. Apocalypse
* X-Men: Age of Apocalypse - The Complete Epic
* X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants Saga
* X-Men: Declassified
* X-Men: Legacy
* X-Men: Legacy - Divided He Stands
* X-Men: Odd Men Out
* X-Men: Psylocke
* X-Men: True Friends
* X-Men: We Are The X-Men
* X-Men: Worlds Apart
* X-Treme X-Men 2001
== Trivia ==
* Shadow King resembles King Farouk I of Egypt.
* Shadow King was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne and first appeared in The (Uncanny) X-Men Vol.1 issue 117 (1979). He had harassed the X-Men on a number of ways througout the years.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Amahl Farouk (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
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