Shem

Shem
First appearance:	"Pirates of the Arctic"
Created by:	Norman Worker & Kari Leppänen

Shem was King Solomon’s personal servant.

Fictional Biography

Shem, King Solomon’s personal servant, was sent to the diamond mines in Bengali to seal Bail in the mines when Bail was possessed by evil forces from the underworld. He imprisoned Bail in the mines and guarded the closed gates for two thousand years before he grew tired and went to sleep. The Garden of Death Five Vikings, shipwrecked on the shore of Bengali, accidently discovered sleeping Shem and the mines. Ale, one of the Vikings, picked up the magical key from the hands of Shem and opened the gates of the mine releasing Bail by mistake. While the Vikings fled in terror the doors of the mines shut down with Bail trapped outside the mine unable to return to the underworld. Pirates of the Arctic

Bail was so angry that he imprisoned Shem in a bottle and threw it in the sea. The 3rd Phantom accidently came across the bottle and released him. Shem told the Phantom that he can have three wishes. The Phantom, believing it to be an illusion, asked Shem to put him down in the boat and save the life of his Mori companion. Both wishes were fulfilled. Subsequently when the Phantom was blinded by Lala Singh’s henchman Cyclop, he got his eyesight back through the third wish. Despite the three wishes having been exhausted Shem helped the Phantom reach back home from Lala Singh’s palace. The Garden of Death

Appearances

Team Fantomen stories

Title	Writer	Artist	Comments
"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 1: Pirates of the Arctic"	Worker	Leppänen	First appearance
"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 2: The Garden of Death"	Worker	Leppänen