MR. SHADOW

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human

Occupation: Henchman

Group Affiliation: None

First Appearance: Metamorpho I #16 (January-February, 1968)

Powers: Shadow was armed with a Nubian fighting scepter and an Orb of Ra.

History: (Metamorpho I #16, 17) - The mysterious Mr. Shadow, always cloaked in dark clothing and the shadows of his namesake, was tasked by his ruler Jezeba, ageless queen of Ma-Phoor to bring Metamorpo to her. She thought Metamorpho was Algon, her Element-Man lover who she exiled thousands of years ago. Shadow approached Metamorpho with an offer to locate the legendary Ma-Phoor right after his fiancée Sapphire Stagg jilted him, and he was more than ready to leave his current life behind. Shadow and Metamorpho reached Ma-Phoor, and Jezeba demanded that Metamorpho marry her and help her armies conquer the outside world. Metamorpho played along, but when they crossed a natural stone bridge Metamorpho wrecked it, disabling the army. Jezeba was outraged at the betrayal, and tried to use her Orb of Ra to control Metamorpho, but contact with the outside world made her age rapidly, turning her into a mummy. Shadow grabbed the Orb and told Metamorpho he’d now follow his commands. Shadow was scared off by the international police, who’d come to arrest Metamorpho for the murder of Wally Bannister, Sapphire’s husband.