Fictional Character Biography
The Shadow King's origins are hard to determine, partially due to several retcons of his character that are contradictory both in detail and chronology.
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 X, inspiring Xavier to form the X-Men.
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