[quote=BlackSam3091]
He's a comic book villain, it if it made sense we wouldn't be here.
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this is the modern age of comics, if it is not magic then there is some form of energy behind it, common universal law of comics. the Flash taps into the speed force, Superman is powered by solar energy, and Green Lantern runs on a form of cosmic energy that psychically connected to the wearer's will power.