Issue(s): Bizarre Adventures #28 (Triton story only)
Cover Date: Oct 81
Title: "Conscience of the King"
Credits:
Mary Jo Duffy - Writer
Wendy Pini - Penciler
Wendy Pini - Inker
Ralph Macchio - Associate Editor
Denny O'Neil - Editor

Review/plot:
This is a very rare case of Wendy Pini, of Elfquest fame, doing full art on a Marvel universe story. It's part of this issue's "Unlikely Heroes" theme (which also featured Elektra and some non-MU characters) and Triton is the star.

Triton is having a nice swim that is interrupted by some crude oil from a leaking tanker.

He's rescued by some people from "Peristan", which is also where the tanker came from.

Triton thanks the people for the rescue, but debates with them about the merits of using and transporting oil.

After he leaves, terrorists attack the boat. Triton returns and stops them. It turns out that the owner of the the boat was really the king of Peristan.

The king says that Triton's actions have shown him "shame", but it's not said what, if anything, he might do differently.

It's interesting to see Wendy Pini's kind of whimsical art, but the story doesn't really feel fully fleshed out.

Quality Rating: D+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: This can go at publication date (and should definitely go prior to Fantastic Four #240 when the Inhumans relocate to the moon).

References: N/A

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A