Shadow King Origins - Marvel's Most Horrendous Omega Level Telepath (Mental Parasite) Explored

[@deangeloellis729]

The Freddy Krueger of Marvel.

[@darthlobo1213]

I mean you're not wrong!

[@AngerFueld]

Wouldn't that be nightmare?

[@darthlobo1213]

Yeah I guess Marvel has 2 Freddy Krueger!. NICE ONE [ forgot about him!

[@darthlobo1213]

@@AngerFueld or maybe the Wish Master!

[@4ArchieLee]

@@AngerFueld exactly....

[@ddooodddoo]

I remember the shadow king from the x-men 90's cartoon loved professor Xavier's story of how he battled shadow king on the Astral plain was a such a good character

[@catmomof2261]

Wish I had this guide before Legion came out. He’s very prominent in that series but I didn’t know who he was because I haven’t read the comics.

[@SantaPorter420]

If youre looking to get into the comics, Shadow King is a great villain Yeah legion was trippy as hell, I enjoyed it though, especially shadow Kings portrayal

[@That80sGuy1972]

Legion was great because it was from his point of view. You were actually blessed by not knowing about the Shadow King because knowing that would have made Shadow King seem far far far less scary and you would have seen Shadow King's severing Legion from his timeline as both inevitable and smart on his part.

[@kyb7795]

Is legion still on going?

[@TheBackroomCollective]

The shadow king was the big baddie in legion but that fat nasty thing wasn't the shadow king. That was mojo!

[@ANTAGONISER]

@@TheBackroomCollectivethat wasnt mojo was it??

[@saintakins187]

So we have a Marvel character that cannot die, not to mention his appearances nightmare fuel along with Mojo.

[@urickmann7768]

honestly i look forward for professor X to be introduced because villains like the shadow king would be a great way to involve him in the battles im hopeing we get some crazy ass mental battles considering theirs so many telepaths to introduce in the future

[@SantaPorter420]

Legion, tv show Shadow King is in it As is charles, briefly, though it focuses on his son

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

This was really interesting! I have never heard of this character before! Thanks for the video!

[@munstrumridcully]

He has been Prof X's nemesis since before he founded the X-men. Itt was Shadow King who paralyzed Prod X again after he had been healed. I love how they ended beating him in that story-- with help from Mystique 😚

[@josephford2226]

Yeah, the only time I've seen him used was in X-Men Legends 2. Really damn cool villain, though.

[@tvirus9369]

Shadow king was awesome in legion

[@JiiWoon]

i absolutely loved Amahl Farouk as the villian in Legion 2017, but i never heard of this Omega mutant. thank you so much for the lore !

[@leviswranglers2813]

FX's show Legion did such a great job with Shadow King.

[@SantaPorter420]

Creepy as hell

[@TheCherrykye]

Love that show

[@jal051]

Best superheroes TV show.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Depicted him accurately and made him have the right ominous atmosphere

[@shelbybayer200]

So, he's a Shadow by Jungian Psychology An entity that is linked to the Human Unconscious

[@jedstanaland2897]

There is a storyline where the Phoenix gets ahold of the infinity stones and completely unmakes him in all universes. When she did this she caused some serious problems with the multiverse for a bit but it was basically just his desththrows and the Phoenix was able to completely destroy him without the use of the infinity stones and just a simple psychic blast that finished him off. But if it might be more akin to locking him out of a certain number of universes than really killing him in all universes.

[@maccurtis730]

He was a fun villain to fight in X-Men Legions.

[@pdmullgirl]

Love learning about these characters! Loved the video! Learn something new everyday!! Thanks! ❤️💜💚

[@Aldiggy2000]

I enjoyed the Shadow King in Legion, also the semi-redemption was awesome!

[@nathanthesubzeromangold4615]

I know the Shadow King is part of the whole X-Men Canon. He has been everywhere in every mutant. Turning against her memories their past just like to settle King did Wolverine he got inside of his head of his memories. When Wolverine goes Omega As Berserker. A little flashback from the dark Phoenix excellent have said what showed in the Wolverine movie.

[@Hyperion-5744]

Amahl farouk is also known as the devil with the yellow eye's.

[@dieatnight]

2:25 GYATTTTTTTT

[@OscillatorCollective]

This is one scary character…would make a good horror movie style movie…

[@willhibbard6903]

Cool video. It was fun to learn about this character

[@Jherick5954]

The fact he just slumped over speechless after getting his astral self destroyed by Charles is so cool. It really gives a creative twist on anomalies like brain aneurysms

[@JCG52577]

Use one of his Legion appearances in the thumbnail but the show only gets a mention that he was in it?

[@matthewmuldoon3221]

Ilove this thanks 👍 And I already knew about this

[@Gfish17]

Shadow king needs his own live action movie.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Yeah but he should be brought back in x men considering that Charles Xavier is likely to appear soon in the MCU because of doctor strange 2 and he is a multiverseal entity born from the worlds first nightmare he would be a great antagonist to have since marvel is exploring more of it’s cosmic sector

[@caseyp5665]

Good video 👍 subscribed!

[@HeromakerJB]

Shadow king is scary. I remember him from Wolverine and the Xmen.

[@SantaPorter420]

The legion TV show went full blown horror with it

[@Xehanort10]

He was creepy in Legion.

[@dary0097]

Niceee!!!! I was wanting to know about The Shadow king since some time

[@sxy307280]

So, what I get from this is he is a big bad who is a formidable foes. But ultimately, he truly is no match for Professor X, Psy-Locke, or even Rogue. They didn't even mention Jean Grey, so we know he wouldn't have been able to defeat her.

[@jal051]

All big villains lose. That's how it works 😁

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

In his defence in a one on one battle even professor x would have trouble

[@uramess4666]

I loved him in AOA, Apocalypse kept him in a lava lamp basically to be his own personal genie LoL 😆

[@njdevilsforlifewoohoo5533]

Is the Shadow King not also in the tv show Legion? Farooq is so I was wondering what the connection is.

[@adamplentl5588]

Yes he is.

[@adamplentl5588]

Farooq is like the main host for the shadow king psychic entity.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Yeah in one story he was a multi-versal entity born from the worlds first nightmare

[@TheHartonGroup]

I love how Jean Grey fried his ass in one of the What If? stories.

[@johnjamesleahy4065]

To me shadowking is to storm what that killjoy purple guy is to Jessica Jones :)

[@dravenloki9287]

Killgrave

[@jamesdobson1157]

@@dravenloki9287 Thank you

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Well considering that Xavier wouldn’t have thought of starting the x- men without him I would say that he was actually essential to the plot unlike what ‘that killjoy people guy is to Jessica Jones’

[@johnjamesleahy4065]

@@aqeebshahbaz3306 lol good point smartass

[@Starlight62659]

Wow amazing marvelous videos ,cannot stop my self from watching amazing documentry, how do they do it , out of thinking, unlimited character varities, no competetition

[@Hilljo17]

Would be a great villain to bring into a movie

[@SantaPorter420]

The TV series legion was pretty sweet, but yeah I want them to do a storm movie featuring shadow king

[@philipslattery247]

As a kid he was the only villain that scared me

[@KB-qk1ic]

One of the better villains in xmen lore. And I hope we can say he'll never become a good guy

[@whyarewealwaysyelling]

Now I can have an excuse for being obese I just tell people the Shadow King Is possessing me

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

LOL!

[@RYROSmetaldefender]

Hey Marvelous, why not talk about the mutant Forget-me-not? Hes amazing special power is making people forgets about his existence at the very moment they walk away from him. Even the Xavier school doesnt know who he is till this day xd

[@joshuaopont2990]

Shadow king got kingpins drip from spiderman the animated series

[@Dotcom991]

There is a live action show of legion that came out and is by far one of my favorite shows ever. Please for the love of god watch the show

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Agreed

[@Dotcom991]

@@aqeebshahbaz3306to this day it is one of my favorite shows. my most favorite is Happy! on netflix. its the same trippyness but from a more gritty perspective. plus the villains and gore are awesome. feels like existential hellboy

[@Lord-Darkness]

Nice ! He needs a movie

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Couldn’t agree more

[@Lord-Darkness]

@@aqeebshahbaz3306 but noooo they to busy with female TV shows m She U for ya 😂😂😂

[@JtimeGaming]

@@Lord-Darknesswell you’re in luck because there is an amazing show called legion where he is featured as the main antagonist for 3 full seasons. It’s also an incredible show.

[@Lord-Darkness]

@@JtimeGaming yes man just saw something about that show on KZbin yesterday looks amazing ty ima watch it

[@ChrundleTGreat]

He was pretty scary in “Legion”!! If you haven’t watched the entire series, I recommend that you do!! Its pretty fcking cool!!

[@AustinArcherAArcherottumwastud]

He is the darker side of Human thought

[@paullmight42]

the live action King from Legion was creepy af

[@snallygaster5]

Is there a reason the text is removed from the comics in so many of these kind of videos?

[@TheHartonGroup]

Legal requirements from Marvel and DC comics. Keeps the author of the video from being sued.

[@susanstorm7910]

I pray the mcu does his justice like Legion did

[@aspookyfox]

He’s OP

[@willhuey4462]

he made a mutant named karma morbidly obese and he left her in that state when he was finished with her.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Sucks to be her

[@eduardmanecuta5350]

I remember him from the X-men TAS.

[@FadedWorld.]

I highly recommend to watch Legion TV series

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Same

[@bn444]

8:50 "Psychical body"

[@mattcurr9931]

awww no mention in the other media section of Legion even though that depiction is in the thumbnail.

[@satch422]

He's a nightmare of a enemy

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Well said

[@thechallange7227]

Legion!!

[@dropshot118]

The x-men cant stand this ancient evil. Prof x power was barely able to stop him

[@jungleinsectspikewall4474]

2:25 marvel inew what they were doing with storms behind lol

[@jackwalters3928]

How does a supposedly omega mutant, get BTFOd so much, by so many normal mutants? I guess omega means nothing after all.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Well considering that the good guy’s win in the end the shadow king wasn’t used as a long term big villain but rather as a something to further the plot. Furthermore you could little say that about most villains in general

[@cristianaxxxxel7266]

Imagine if the Shadow King SOMEHOW manifested in Deadpool he'd be unstoppable!

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Well he can already stop someone from aging and bring people from death and heal the host body that he is possessing with so in a sense he can do most of dead pool powers ghat have been portrayed in comics so frankly I think he would be more formidable if he took over the mind of a telepath instead

[@jeangreyfan4148]

People like professor X and Jean Grey are the one who can defeted Shadow king

[@quinnbaygo2112]

They both have

[@JT-fq2bl]

😆 @ Shadow King getting mopped by Sage. She's one of the least offensive telepaths on the X-Men, but she makes up in the defensive "firewall" ability. I still haven't found anyone who is able to bypass her "firewall" when it's activated.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Well Pslock did as well

[@Azrael_Equinox]

*Holy sh*t! He's THE Redditor!*

[@tyronephillips3473]

Either Shadow King is a dark god. or.. is it apocalypse's humanity taking a form. Or was he one of the first mutants like apocalypse?

[@na.fe.zr7124]

I wish shadow king fight onslaught to see who would win

[@killmongermyhero1169]

Sounds like a sick version of IT

[@dirceusantos7308]

He is so evil yet he didn't capitalize on Iceman supposed "fear" revealed (imposed) in 2015. Watching this videos only reminds me that many characters got butchered by current Marvel

[@Introvertsan]

When did the current marvel era begin? In 2015, was it around the same time as the new 52 for DC?

[@dirceusantos7308]

@@Introvertsan new 52 started in 2011. and ended in 2015-2016 to only e replaced by a far worse reboot. New era to current era of Marvel started in 2013 but was only officialized in 2015 with all-new and all-different promo. I rea their site saying it ended in 2019 but is all BS cause it never did. Thor is still obsessed with hammers and he is not as strong as rune king thor/Odin force thor. Odin and Odin force got nerfed Tony is just weird now Jennifer/she-hulk is not sexy anymore even tho they revert her to her slim form(or maybe is just the art) The steve rogers going around is a cosmic cube construct memory clone. while Og Steve is still evil.....will stop here cause this already long sorry for going out of point

[@Introvertsan]

@@dirceusantos7308 thanks for explaining I didn't know that I stopped reading the comics for a while but I was reading mostly DC

[@dirceusantos7308]

@@Introvertsan No prob. Glad I could put some light on the matter. Fans still want to support comics but everytime DC and Marvel spit on their faces by hiring people who don't research the character before hand, changing it to suit their story to attract new readership, while sacrificing the old. There's no compromise.

[@Introvertsan]

@@dirceusantos7308 I think that part has less to do with Dc and Marvel and more to do with the movie executives and who they hire don't know the matter, think comics are dumb and just want to do their own thing without being true to the character. I think maybe hiring some of the writers on the early 2000s superheroes movies and series would help they stayed true to the material but made it realistic enough for films without doing too much.

[@robertnsappjr5750]

Should be a next marvel vs Capcom boss final if that happens .

[@robertnsappjr5750]

Future part4 MVC

[@Japhox45]

Does this mean Dave from legion is prof x kid??

[@Lj-md9ng]

Magneto vs shadow king who would win?

[@trumptouchesivanka]

Shadow King, magneto wouldn’t stand a chance

[@ignacio3890]

Where it's the kgb alliance?

[@ANTAGONISER]

fav mutant

[@blurhiley2070]

He kinda looks like the King Pins cousin 🤣

[@HapBertarelli-gy9xh]

Damn I thought he was kingpin

[@XellosMetallium]

farouk is also the kingpin lol

[@maruc14]

The whooshing sound when changing images is very distracting.

[@MarquisdeSuave]

He wears a Fez.

[@angelvenus-africa4161]

It would have been cool to make the live action have a LARGER MOUTH AND BLUE SKIN

[@MrARhodes]

Which came first: The Shadow King, or Apocalypse? 🤔

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Shadow king portably considering that he is a multiversal entity that was born from the worlds first nightmare

[@browns1218]

Nice!

[@lamontayjr4117]

My favorite psychic after Xavier

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

My favourite psychic in general

[@thebloopsound4241]

His name is Robin Brunner.

[@malikrath9503]

Yeah but ...why the F does he wear a Fez?

[@deespaeth8180]

Because fezes are cool?

[@autumneagle]

Names like "Shadow King" scream 13 year old OC self insert.

[@sillywillyproductions]

Could they introduce him in moon night?

[@Patrick-pc3vq]

Why? He never even met Marc in the comics.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Unlikely

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

So pheonix but eviler

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Well not on her calibre but close enough

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Why was he called Shadow King if he ain't got no shadow?

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Because he was born from the worlds first nightmare and controls the darkness in peoples minds and manipulates them

[@McMahonHater]

This retcon stuff is why I want to collect everything from Fantastic Four no.1 (October 1961) Up to Uncanny X-Men 200 (December 1984) and end it there (some exception for story lines exceeding Dec 84 of course). Everything went to sh!t in the mid 90s anyway.

[@SantaPorter420]

Not everything Generation X and some of the other non mainstream marvel titles were great Plus some of the underground stuff like ninjak

[@aldrichuyliong8143]

Didn't they basically mash The Shadow King and Apocalypse as one character in the X-Men: Apocalypse movie?

[@tomascasterwell2279]

No that was literally just Apocalypse

[@SantaPorter420]

@@tomascasterwell2279 No it wasn't😂 That was apocolypse lite

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

It was they just made it so he transferred like body to body the shadow king actually had telepathy but unlike in the comics in the movie it shows that he wants telepathy

[@bengonzalez5215]

I cant get past psychical

[@unclecreed2986]

I hate the telepath mind fights.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

It is essentially just a battle of two reality manipulators in the astra-plane

[@kennethalan6641]

AKA Coronzon

[@speed6-god]

why are telepaths almost always bald lol.

[@jackalope2302]

A couple of terrible guesses 1. Brainwaves cause testosterone to kill roots. 2. Hair interferes what telepathy but women are used to it.

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

Making a fashion statement in my opinion

[@lennykoss8777]

💗

[@markanderson-hc1tz]

Magneto in the original X-Men title title spoke of fighting the Shadow King once. Sadly, as far as know, marvel never followed up on this and treated fans to the battle.

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Wow

[@frankofam1069]

Does David a.k.a. legion have the power to raise my mind-wipe out the memories of ever have watching the “•LEGION•” show..😳😳😳lmao (Also, who is more powerful apocalypse or Shadow king) add imagine they were around the same time, no? They must’ve known about one another..

[@josehenr1que7]

he's not an omega level telepah tho

[@aqeebshahbaz3306]

He took over the minds of everyone in the world without artificial means which is more than Xavier can say and has been an enemy to most omega level telepath’s so questioning his power is also questing the powers of Charles, Psylock and even Jean not to mention the victims left in his wake