Question: How does the black panther get his power?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: How does the black panther get his personal power in the comics?
How does the black panther get his external power in the comics?
How does the black panther get his personal power in the 2017 film?
answer: eating the heart-shaped herb
ancient Wakandan rituals of drinking the essence of the heart-shaped herb
access to wealth and advanced Wakandan technology
ingesting the heart-shaped herb
Natural Questions answer: heart - shaped herb (from the Wikipedia article "Black Panther (comics)")