Question received on Wed, September 21, 2011 08:32:13 AM

Not trying to nitpick, but you once answered that the speed force does not exist on earth 16. In the DC universe the speed force has been known to bring speedsters through alternate dimensions. the speed force exists on all alternate earths. How is Earth-16 exempt? where does the flash draw his speed from?

Greg responds...

I guess I just don't understand the "Speed-Force" concept.

Where does Superboy "draw his strength from?" Where does Miss Martian "draw her shape-shifting ability from?" Why does Kid Flash or ANY Flash require some external source for speed - as opposed to giving credit to the lab accident that first turned Jay Garrick into the Golden Age Flash, the recreation of that accident under laboratory conditions that granted speed to the current Flash and the nearly-botched attempt to re-recreate the accident that gave Kid Flash his powers?

They're mutates. They were mutated by the experiments/accidents. What more do you need?

In any case, if the Speed-Force does exist, no one on Earth-16 has heard of it or knows anything about it.