ACTUAL RESEARCH INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF A CHARACTER S POWERS WORKING MAY BE OF INTEREST AND WILL ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CHARACTER BUT IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT AS A POWER IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE CHARACTER CAN DO AND HAS DONE IN COMIC BOOKS REAL WORLD RESEARCH INTO GAMMA RAYS IS IRRELEVANT FOR INSTANCE IF SOMEONE LOOKED UP BLACK LIGHTNING S POWERS IT IS IRRELEVANT TO HIS POWER DESCRIPTION TO LIST UNDER HIS POWERS THAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY GET ELECTROCUTED WHEN IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE THE ACTUAL RESEARCH INTO GAMMA RADITION IS SOMETHING TO NOTE AND AN INTERSTING FACT TO CONSIDER BUT ALTHOUGH IT RELATES TO THE CHARACTER IN THAT THE RESEARCH IS MOTIVATED BY THE CHARACTER THE RESEARCH IS NOT HIS STRENGTH RESISTANCE TO DAMAGE OR ABILITY TO SEE ASTRAL FORMS I E HIS POWERS