User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 204 "Salvage" discussion/@comment-4283185-20120522034536/@comment-4821105-20120522150707

Scarab is alien technological artifact and a living entity.The Scarab merge with user and gives them the power. The early comics he claim that Nabu ( a.k.a Doctor Fate) create him by travel throught time, althought the Scarab finds magic as ilogical.It is like if Bruce Wayne  use his gadgets to merge and become Batman.