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Amahl Farouk and the Shadow King bond in the 16th century
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in 1936, aided the Nazis in an attempted coup in Britain
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first appearance, apparent death fighting Xavier
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claims Karma behind the scenes
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shadowy debut in Karma’s body, controlling the Gladiators
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Gladiators’ leader revealed as “Karma”
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identified as Amahl Farouk, cast out of Karma’s body
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resurfaces to possess FBI’s Jacob Reisz
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corrupts Dr. Lian Shen as his slave while in search for Ororo
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first mention of Farouk as “the Shadow King”
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becomes aware of Muir Island, begins corrupting inhabitants
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first use of “Shadow King” title in Earth-616
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captures Polaris to use as the nexus for his amplified power
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begins worldwide negative impact on the psychic plane
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death of his host Jacob Reisz, jumps to Legion
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defeat on Muir Island as his nexus is sabotaged and Legion is reduced to a vegetative state
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returns disguised as Anansi
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launches Psi-War on the astral plane, beaten and contained inside Psylocke’s mind
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Shadow King rises within Rogue’s mind after Psylocke’s death
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Shadow Xavier and his Shadow-X invade Earth-616
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Shadow King revealed to be behind Shadow-X
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seemingly destroyed by Lionheart
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makes an attempt on Storm’s life and happiness
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back in Farouk’s form
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joins the Brotherhood
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imprisoned inside Omega White’s psychic armor
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escapes to threaten Nightcrawler and the X-Men
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reveals he saved Xavier’s mind upon death, making him an eternal foe for his games
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seemingly defeated by Xavier and the X-Men
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hiding inside Xavier, emerges to launch the Mindkiller Apocalypse
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Amahl Farouk seen on Krakoa
begins tutoring the Lost Club
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kills Gabby to remove her as an obstacle
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Farouk subjects the New Mutants to nightmare training
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Farouk freed from his shadow self, enters rehabilitation on Arakko
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Shadow King suggests his true nature