Summary

Warning : Contains potential pillager forUltimate ecstasy - Men ( 2024 ) # 5!As the Ultimate Universe’sX - Menbegin to assemble , the identity of the villain that has been haunting the series ’ immature mutants is at last unveiled . The mutant have sex as Armor ’s mysterious sneak has beenrevealed to be a new iteration of the classic cristal - antagonist , the Shadow King . Peach Momoko ’s clean take on the evil entity is a perfect fit to face off against Earth-6160 ’s X - Men team as their first adversary .

Momoko’sUltimate X - Menseries has take brainchild from horrormanga and J - repugnance to great effect , and her shadowy baddie is perhaps the most unsettling frame to be have in Earth-6160 thus far . Meghan Hetrick ’s Ultimate extra Variant cover forUltimate Adam - Men ( 2024)#5 provides the best first look at the updated Shadow King character in this universe .

Hetrick ’s spine - scarey cover illustrate Momoko’sX - Menvillain with a few common staple of the Shadow King ’s appearance , including the fez lid , round glasses , and eight tendrils connecting his creepy-crawly shadow creature . However , the new rendering of the character may be even more minacious .

Comic book art: Ultimate X-Men Armor next to Cyclops.

Marvel ’s main X - Men leger may be figure a new era , but as a college teacher , I ’m certain ULTIMATE X - MEN could in reality be a sleeper hit with Gen Z.

Ultimate X-Men Introduces A Twisted Take On Classic Villain The Shadow King

Ultimate X-Men#5 – Written & Illustrated By Peach Momoko; Variant Cover By Meghan Hetrick

Though more item about the character and his motivation are still to be revealed , it ’s evident that this Shadow scoundrel harbors rancour and ire towards Hisako , and theUltimate X - Menof Japan must put together to fend off his dark telepathic attacks .

The Shadow King is a multiversal threat to the X - world that has take away on many nightmarish forms , with the new Ultimate version pass on the lineament another horror - influence redesign . First introduced in 1978 , the villain made his debut in the form of Amahl Farouk . In realness , the Shadow King is a true Omega telepathic entity that can take on many manikin . While Amahl Farouk is the most common and well - known vessel for the Shadow King , theupdated Ultimate versionof the persona seems to have a newfangled innkeeper .

Earth-6160 ’s version of the baddie has been obsess the youthful mutant Hisako in relation to the tragical decease of her friend Tsubasa . Though he first had only antagonized her in his stir up apparition strain , Momoko’sUltimate X - Men ( 2024)#2 showed , his new human or potentially mutant , form shrouded in the dark and surrounded by paper drawings . Though more details about the character and his motive are still to be unveil , it ’s evident that this Shadow baddie harbors resentment and anger towardsHisako , and theUltimate X - Menof Japanmust assemble to resist off his dark telepathic attempt .

x-men’s cyclops with spider-man and captain marvel-1

The Ultimate Universe’s Horror-Tinged X-Men Line Comes Into Focus

SHADOW KING First Appearance:X-Men#117 – By Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Terry Austin, & Glynis Wein

As the redesign Shadow King persona officially makes his mark in the upcoming take of Momoko’sUltimate X - manpower , the twisted horror - inspired villain may prove to be the most forbidding in the Ultimate line overall .

The reinvent X - Men are primarily young sport in Japan , as Marvel had made it clear that they wanted to refocus the X - Men ’s Ultimate counterparts aside from the most traditional mutants on the team , like Wolverine and Cyclops . Armor ’s new mutant ally Maystorm , Surge , Nico Minoru , and now Psylocke put together to shape the creation ’s fresh ecstasy - team , and the amount issues will reveal how they fare against the terrifying Shadow King . However , with the opponent apparently not featured inthe evil Reed Richards ’ Maker ’s Council , it seems there will be more villain for the mutants to contend with just around the recess .

While Earth-6160 ’s heroes are step by step invest to battle the supervillains assemble bythe evil Reed Richards , Momoko ’s Shadow King stands out as a different kind of opponent forUltimate Marvel . With a seemingly personal vendetta against young mutant Armor , and a connective to the radical - powerful multiversal evil entity that has terrorize the X - Men for decades , he ’s a powerful first villain while the novel team occur together . As the redesign Shadow King character formally makes his St. Mark in the upcoming issues of Momoko’sUltimateX - Men , the twisted horror - inspired villain may try out to be the most threatening in the Ultimate stock overall .

Magneto, Sinister, Apocalypse, and other X-Men from the Age of Apocalypse.

Ultimate X - Men#5will be useable July 17 , 2024 from Marvel Comics .

Ultimate disco biscuit - man # 5(2024 )

Laputan creator Peach Momoko creates a raw generation of tenner - man for an all - new universe ! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage fille who just want to live a normal life — go to school , hang out with her friends , ignore the political discord broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION — but life has other programme for her . In Japan , urban legends have sprung to life story and brought some unusual novel powers with them … Meet Armor , Maystorm and a group of new Ultimate X - gentleman’s gentleman the the like of which you ’ve never run into before !

Close up of Ultimate X-Men character with Shadow King’s tendrils latched into their head.

Ultimate X-Men #5 Meghan Hetrick’s variant cover featuring the Shadow King’s telepathic tendrils attaching to a victim.

Visionary creator Peach Momoko creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life — go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION — but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual new powers with them… Meet Armor, Maystorm and a group of new Ultimate X-Men the likes of which you’ve never seen before!

Ultimate X-Men character Armor writing a motorcycle (foreground) with other characters from the series in background.

Ultimate X-Men #5 Peach Momoko Cover

X-Men Armor is curled up inside a red, translucent samurai representation of her mutant armor, as ominous red eyes peer out from behind her. Cover by Peach Momoko

Visionary creator Peach Momoko creates a new generation of X-Men for an all-new universe! Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life — go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of ULTIMATE INVASION — but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual new powers with them… Meet Armor, Maystorm and a group of new Ultimate X-Men the likes of which you’ve never seen before!

X-Men