Originally posted by lawest9
Has this been proven? If so when and where?
He draws his power from the Source, like the Hulk does from the Gammaverse. Both near infinite power sources in comic canon. The Surfer can also draw on large quantities of the Power Cosmic. The strongest that the Silver Surfer has ever been hinted on becoming rivaled Galactus in power. He was emotionally compromised though, so I'm not entirely sure that he can normally tap into that amount of PC. I've never seen Orion on the level of Galactus either though. The only comic written into canon that gave me any sense of measurment between Galactus, Darkseid, Orion, and the Silver Surfer happened during the Hunger, which IMO was falsely skewed in terms of power levels. Which is why it shouldn't be ever used.
The Source allows for Orion to become as powerful as Darkseid who has Celestial levels of power. The only fair way that I can see this being a steal for Orion, is if he could take that amount of power from the Source at any given time of his choosing. Or, is it a thing that happens only when he faces off against Darkseid? We have to consider what the Source is before jumping to conclusions.