'The Tyrant' (Story Code 'B513') by Walter Black

Learning that a dictatorial gorilla named Aboro is extorting crops and grain from local human farmers, Virdon, Burke and Galen decide to even the situation by stealing a wagon loaded with grain from the apes. But the apes retaliate by torching the barn of one of the farmers, Janor, endangering his life and that of his son, Mikal. Learning that Aboro has used bribery to replace Augustice, the former provincial prefect and Galen’s old friend, the three fugitives vow to expose Aboro’s deeds. After Galen concocts a plan to earn the tyrant’s trust, he learns Aboro’s real plan: to murder General Urko and take over his role as General…

Roddy McDowall (Galen), Ron Harper (Alan Virdon), James Naughton (Pete Burke), Booth Colman (Zaius), Mark Lenard (Urko), Percy Rodrigues (Aboro), Michael Conrad (Janor), Joseph Ruskin (Daku), Klair Bybee (Sam), Arlen Stewart (Gola), James Naughton (Mikal)

Directed by Ralph Senensky
Produced by Stanley Hough
Executive Producer Herbert Hirschman

TX (US): 22nd November, 1974

Notes:
*Featuring Alan Virdon, Pete Burke, Galen, Doctor Zaius and General Urko