Shadow-X

Shadow-X (also known as the Dark X-Men) is a Marvel Comics supervillain group that only appeared in New Excalibur. All of their costumes are the colors of black and red.

They are not officially given a name until New Excalibur #19 where they are referred to as Shadow-X in the "Previously..." section and by Juggernaut on the final page of the issue. How this name came about is unexplained, and prior to this the team was called the Dark X-Men by fans, reviews, and even the Marvel preview descriptions. It refers to the fact that the team was created and controlled by the Shadow King - the Shadow King's "Shadow X"-Men.

Fictional team biography

They are from an alternate dimension and were brought to the mainstream Marvel dimension during the events of Decimation. The Shadow King took control of the Professor Xavier of their reality and then was able to subvert all of the X-Men to serve him. When they were brought to Earth-616 the Dark Professor Xavier tried to bring Nocturne, Marvel Girl, and Shadowcat under his control, but he was defeated by them, with help from Sage, and later placed in Crossmore prison.