being of Middle-Eastern appearance, sporting three-piece suits and the signature circular sunglasses, though lacks the fez (instead having a semi-balding head of hair) and isn't morbidly obese (unlike his appearance as "the Devil with Yellow Eyes"). In season 3, however, his younger self wears the fez. Animation Shadow King appears in two episodes of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–97), voiced by Maurice Dean Wint. In flashbacks he is the first evil mutant faced by a younger Charles Xavier, who banished his spirit to the astral plane. Farouk is depicted as an athletic, middle-aged bearded man instead of his bald, obese appearance in the comics. Shadow King appears in the Wolverine and the X-Men episode, "Overflow", voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. In a flashback, Farouk takes in Ororo to steal for him until Professor X defeats him, the battle destroying his body. In the present, he finds his way to and possesses Storm, forcing her to see Africa burning; she tries to extinguish the fire, unaware that her efforts are the real cause of the destruction. The X-Men confront the Shadow King, allowing anyone he could use as a host to get away, weakening him enough for Emma Frost, fighting him on the astral plane, to apparently destroy him with a telepathic sword. Video games Shadow King is one of three primary villains in the video game X-Men Legends'', voiced by Dorian Harewood. He first traps Ilyana in the Astral Plane to lure Xavier into a trap. Shadow King appears as a playable character in Marvel Snap. References External links Shadow King at Marvel.com Shadow King at Marvel Appendix Age of Apocalypse at Marvel.com Characters created by John Byrne (comics) Characters created by Chris Claremont Comics characters introduced in 1979 Fictional Egyptian people Fictional crime bosses Fictional characters with spirit possession or body swapping abilities Marvel Comics male supervillains Marvel Comics mutants Marvel Comics telepaths X-Men supporting characters