 The formula increases his strength, gives him the power to fire bolts of lightning, and grants him the power of flight.According to "Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes", "Shock Gibson fights Baron von Kampf, mad scientist and zombie-maker; the Hobo Saboteurs; the Slave Traders of the Secret Kingdom; the Russian mad scientist Baron Ratski, who briefly teams up with Baron von Kampf; invading aliens from Mercury; and carnivorous dinosaurs.