@cameron83:
He has every power Silver Surfer does?!?
Since when?!
He doesn't seem to have the same powers....I'm kinda confused...I'm not saying that he does/doesn't,it's just that I don't know a helluva lot about Orion. I mean,even if so,I think Silver Surfer's powers might be far more powerful than his are...
And I don't think he's ever displayed this in the new 52
Yes, he does. From the very beginning, Jack Kirby (both of their fathers) established the Forth World and its concepts (namely the Source, the Alpha Effect, the Omega Effect, the Astro-Force, and the Anti-Life Equation). Orion is often written by writers who don't know his full potential as a homicidal brick. Of course he isthat, but he is so much more. He is a potent energy and matter manipulator. He can perpetually increase his strength, durability, healing factor, speed, and his energy projection/matter manipulation via accessing the Astro-Force. He can then further bend time and space via Mother Box, etc. The Astro-Force being the official "Wrath of the Source" is of course a destructive power. A God of War should expect no less. But that's the abilities of Negative Astro-Force. Positive Astro-Force can do benign things like change the pigment of a flower without destroying its molecular structure, create tractor beams, and manipulate the EM Spectrum (along with several other useful things). And all of this power comes directly from the Source itself. That's a deep well, mon ami.
As it stands, I haven't read any of Orion's New 52 adventures, so I won't be able to offer anything of value there. Norrin Radd, as powerful as he is, only has the portion of Galactus' power that he allowed him to have. Basically, Galactus brushed off some of his dandruff onto the Zenn- Lavian, transforming him into the highly polished being we know today. I'm not trying to demean him, just pointing out the differences in both power as well as access to more power when it's needed. That aside, these two are very similar powerset wise, except that the Source (and by extension the Astro-Force) is the Nexus of both magic AND cosmic power in the DCU. Hope this was helpful;)
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