CATALOG RECORD
The X-Men #117
first appearance of Shadow King
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Shadow King (Amahl Farouk) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- January 1979
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
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- UK pence edition
British
Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.
Barcode 0714860246101 · shared with another edition
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Creators
Stories
- Psi War! · 17 pages
The X-Men adrift on the ocean are picked up by a Japanese ship. Xavier recounts an early adventure where he first met Storm as a thief in Cairo and did battle with the Shadow King.
Publisher’s description
Following their departure from the Savage Land, the X-Men find themselves caught in the middle of a terrible storm at sea.
Characters
Reprinted in
The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of The X-Men (1982), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Classic X-Men (1986), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Essential X-Men (1996), Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), X-Men Vol. 1, No. 117 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (2004), The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019)