TUT-SHUM-KAMEN
Real Name: Tut-Shum-Kamen
Identity/Class: Extradimensional
(Reality-88131)
extraterrestrial (Melmacian)
Occupation: King
Group Membership: Ruling court of his empire
Affiliations: Marc
Antony-Danza;
formerly Queen Cleocatra
Enemies: Queen Cleocatra, Purr-sia
Known Relatives: Grape James (father), Queen Heifertiti (spouse), Augie Shumway, Bob Shumway, Curtis Shumway, Flo Shumway, Gordon Shumway (a.k.a. ALF) (descendants)
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Senile River, ancient
Melmac (Alexis Dynasty)
First Appearance: ALF#31/2 (July, 1990)
Powers/Abilities: Tut-Shum-Kamen is a very
capable ruler, and is beloved and respected by his subjects. However,
he lets his wife bully him. Tut-Shum-Kamen enjoys a military campaign
of conquest, partly to get away from his wife.
Height: 4'
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Black
Hair: Brown fur
History:
(ALF#31/2 (fb) - BTS) - Like other Hairohs (rulers)
of the empire along the Senile River way back in the Alexis Dynasty,
King Tut-Shum-Kamen was concerned how
he would be remembered. His demanding wife, the obese Queen Heifertiti,
bullied him into hiring her incompetent brother to construct his
pyramid, but the fool read the plans upside-down.
(ALF#31/2 (fb)) - One day, Tut-Shum-Kamen's general
Marc Antony-Danza reported that he had found an unconquered feline
tribe in Purr-sia. Keen to escape his hectoring wife, he quickly left
on a campaign across the Swiss Cheese Alps to subjugate them. However,
the felines' seductive ruler Queen Cleocatra immediately captivated him
and Tut-Shum-Kamen spent weeks in Cleocatra's palace enjoying her
luxuries. But Antony-Danza was frustrated with peace and desired
battle, so he called on Heifertiti for intervention. The Queen arrived
and challenged Cleocatra to single wrestling combat to determine who
would win Tut-Shum-Kamen and the land. The obese Heifertiti literally
flattened Cleocatra, fomenting eternal enmity between the two species.
Oblivious to the ramifications, Tut-Shum-Kamen returned home with
Heifertiti and Antony-Danza.
(ALF#31/2) - In the current era, Melmacian Gordon
Shumway (a.k.a. ALF) recounted the historical tale his human buddy
Brian Tanner.
Comments: Created by Michael Gallagher, Dave Manak, Marie Severin.
Tut-Shum-Kamen is a play on words on of the ancient
Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen; Shum relating to ALF's surname and Kamen
possibly referring to the musician Michael Kamen (given writer
Gallagher's interests; it's unlikely to the
Japanese adventure Kamen Rider). Marc Antony-Danza is a pun by
combining the names of Roman general Marc Antony and then-contemporary
comic actor Tony Danza. The era of Alexis Dynasty refers to the iconic
TV soap Dynasty and its
svelte baddie Alexis. Other names should be fairly obvious. The puns
fly
thick and fast in
Marvel's ALF comic stories, so I won't explain everything.
Tut-Shum-Kamen would have an unknown distant (possibly indirect) connection to Gornan the Bar-B-Q-Barian as a fellow ancestor of Gordon Shumway, as well as Nancy Drool, cousin to Gordon.
Further details on the Melmacian alien species (according to the ALF television show) can be found on a Melmac fansite. No problem!
Profile by Grendel Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Tut-Shum-Kamen has no known connections to:
Marc Antony-Danza was the Commander of
Tut-Shum-Kamen's legions. In the land of Purr-sia, he found a tribe of
free felines and informed his ruler. Tut-Shum-Kamen immediately set out
to conquer them and Antony-Danza led the way. However, Tut-Shum-Kamen
became unexpectedly enamored with the felines' ruler Queen Cleocatra
and there was no war. Thirsty for battle and carnage, Antony-Danza felt
duty-bound to report it to his Queen Heifertiti, who confronted her
rival. Antony-Danza refereed the queens' single wrestling combat to
determine who would win Tut-Shum-Kamen and the land. The obese
Heifertiti flattened Cleocatra, fomenting eternal enmity between the
two species. Oblivious to the ramifications, Tut-Shum-Kamen returned
home
with Heifertiti and Antony-Danza.
--ALF#31/2
Queen Cleocatra was ruler of feline Purr-sia. When
ruler Tut-Shum-Kamen heard of it, he wished to make it a colony and led
his legion there. But upon meeting the seductive Cleocatra,
Tut-Shum-Kamen was instantly smitten and he stayed with her in her den
of luxury for weeks. But Tut-Shum-Kamen's general Marc Antony-Danza was
frustrated with peace and desired battle, so he called on his king's
wife Heifertiti for intervention. Jealous, she confronted Cleocatra and
single combat followed to determine who would win Tut-Shum-Kamen and
the land. The obese Heifertiti flattened Cleocatra, fomenting eternal
enmity between the two species.
--ALF#31/2
Queen Heifertiti was Tut-Shum-Kamen's wife. She was
aggressive, selfish, abrasive, demanding, bullying, constantly eating
and obese. She bullied her husband into employing her incompetent
brother to build his pyramid. To get away, Tut-Shum-Kamen left on a
military campaign to conquer the feline Purr-sia, but instead became
seduced by its ruler Cleocatra. Frustrated at the lack of battle,
General Antony-Danza reported it to Heifertiti, who jealously
confronted Cleocatra; single combat followed to determine who would win
Tut-Shum-Kamen and the land. The obese Heifertiti flattened Cleocatra,
fomenting eternal enmity between the two species. Oblivious to the
ramifications, Tut-Shum-Kamen returned home with Heifertiti and
Antony-Danza.
--ALF#31/2
images:
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ALF#31/2, p6, pan2 (main image)
p1, pan4 (headshot)
p3, pan6 (Antony-Danza)
p3, pan6 (Cleocatra)
p2, pan3 (Heifertiti)
Appearances:
ALF#31/2 (July, 1990) - Michael Gallagher (writer), Dave Manak
(pencils), Marie Severin (inks), Sid Jacobson (editor)
First posted: 01/07/2026
Last updated:
01/07/2026
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