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From The X-Men #2, November 1963. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Paul Reinman inks, Sam Rosen letters.

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Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) almost seems rather pleased with himself, as he informs Captain Kirk (William Shatner) of his (Spock’s) commanding position, and imminent victory, in their game of chess. But a far more serious game is in the offing. From Where No Man Has Gone Before, Season 1, episode 3.

Spock raises the intensity level on various levels as the Enterprise approaches an ontologically ambiguous, and potentially hazardous, phenomenon.

Gary Mitchell leaves little doubt of his seriousness---he is most certainly *not* joking---with Lee Kelso. He then ruminates, with ever-increasing wonder, about his newly found, awesome, and steadily burgeoning powers. Gary Lockwood delivers a masterful performance as the metamorphosing Mitchell.

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Marcus Licinius Crassus (portrayed iconically by Laurence Olivier) discusses the rate at which the night passes with Antoninus (a younger, hipper Tony Curtis), and **then**, in a very measured, intense "conversation" (Spartacus, portrayed by Kirk Douglas, says nary a word...), Crassus uses the famed predicate nominative (”You are He”) to identify the rebel. A bit of slapping ensues. The incremental, steadily increasing rage of Olivier is the work of a maestro. A truly great scene from the film Spartacus (1960), directed by a 30 year old Stanley Kubrick. Right up there with “By Gad, sir, you **ARE** a Character” (Maltese Falcon) as far as climactic, epoch-defining moments go.