The Flash suits


 * For the Earth Two Flash suit worn by Hunter Zolomon, see The Flash suit (Earth Two). For the Earth Three Flash suit worn by Jay Garrick, see The Flash suit (Earth Three).

The Flash suits are a series of protective suits designed and created by Cisco Ramon at S.T.A.R. Labs, originally to replace the turnouts firefighters use but are now used by Barry Allen for his vigilante activities as The Flash.

Pre-vigilantism suit
Essentially just a red leotard with padding and a reinforced helmet, Cisco Ramon, one of the last remaining employees at S.T.A.R. Labs, had the suit readied for Barry Allen so that he could test his new-found speed powers for the first time. It was used at the Ferris Air Testing Facility outside of Central City, and it got destroyed while Barry was wearing it. Due to his inexperience with his powers at the time, Barry lost focus while running at his top speed and crashed into a series of water jmk. The suit was damaged and never used after that.

Original suit
To aid Barry in facing new threats to the city following the particle accelerator explosion, from both other meta-humans and outraged citizens, Cisco designed a new suit to allow Barry to act while keeping his identity hidden. It was a red skintight bodysuit replace the turnouts the firefighters usually wear when in action. Cisco later re-purposed it and added an upgraded version of the new earpiece he previously installed in the prototype suit, he latter added a red logo with a gold lightening bolt onto the chest. The suit became an incredibly helpful tool for Barry and when he decided to permanently be a protector of Central City as The Flash, using it on a regular basis. Later, this suit was destroyed accidentally by Bette Sans Souci when Barry attempted to apprehend her. She touched the suit to stop him and Barry had barely enough time to get out of it before it exploded, leaving him half-naked. Fortunately, Cisco had apparently made spares, for later in the episode Barry was using another one.



Upgrades
Once Barry started working full-time as Red Streak/The Streak (and later The Flash), Cisco began to add new devices and made alterations to allow Barry to be better prepared for any situation, including a multi-link comm set, these modifications would be carried on into later suits.

Second suit
After General Wade Eiling attempted to injure The Flash by throwing acid on him, he was forced to run as fast as he could to wear it off. However, by the time he had, it had almost entirely burnt through the suit and was unusable. To this end, Cisco had another one handy and allowed Barry to use it.

This suit was presumably erased from time after the young Barry Allen vanished into thin air after his future self saved his mother.

Upgrades
After Barry and his friends reformed the team to defeat the "Atom-Smasher" and have Henry Allen released from Iron Heights, Cisco took it upon himself to commend the team for their recent successes. He did so by upgrading Barry's suit, mimicking the design of the future suit's emblem from the digital future article of Barry that Gideon showed them when they first met her. While a simple alteration, it was very noticeable and appreciated redesign to the suit, with the recoloring of the emblem's background from crimson to white. When Hunter Zolomon kidnapped Wally West, Barry gave up his powers in exchange for Wally's safe return. During an attempt to recreate the effects of the particle accelerator explosion in the hopes of restoring his powers, Barry's physical form was absorbed into the Speed Force, destroying his suit in the process.

Third suit
After regaining his speed from the entity, Barry returned in a new suit presumably fabricated by the Speed Force itself, which was physically identical to his previous one in every detail.

Future suit
In the newspaper article of April 25, 2024 owned by Eobard Thawne, Barry is shown in the paper to have a costume similar to his parallel past self's suit, but this one has a lighter shade of red, thicker yellow lightning bolt-like lines stretching over the suit, and the same white symbol from his third suit. When future Flash followed the Reverse-Flash into the past of March 18, 2000, Barry seemed to be wearing a similar suit to his previous ones, but this suit's symbol was a gold lightning bolt with a white background same as his third suit and the newspaper, and the suit was also seemed to be a brighter shade of red but this could have just been from the Reverse Flash's Lightening flashing. Further details of Future Flash's suit remained unclear as he was constantly vibrating himself, making most of his suit's other features not clearly visible.

Functions

 * Identity concealment: Barry uses a red mask to conceal his identity from others and to keep his friends and family safe from harm.
 * Intense temperature and abrasion resistance: The suit was originally designed as a firefighter turnout, so its primary use is still intact. Made of a reinforced tri-polymer, it is resistant to several thousand degrees of intense heat, whether it be around the wearer or from the friction generated by a speedster; it is also resistant to grazing bullets, knives, or abrasions. It was later modified to resist intense cold as well after encountering Leonard Snart's Cold Gun.
 * Aerodynamics: The suit's form-fitting design and articulation allows Barry to maintain control of every step and movement that he takes. This is what allows him to dodge attacks and run as he would without it.
 * Communications link: It has two miniature earpieces shaped like lightning bolts attached to the ears of the suit. This gives Barry full communication with the team at S.T.A.R. Labs while in the field. The link can be routed to other people's phone and display it as if it was from his cell phone.
 * Mini-camera: The suit's chest piece has a miniature camera with live streaming and 1080p built into it. By pressing on it, Barry's team can see through and gain a better idea of his surroundings or situation.
 * Sensor system: The suit has several health sensors built in to work in real time. The telemetry sent to S.T.A.R. Labs lets the team Barry's condition and health. The suit has a GPS built into it so that S.T.A.R. Labs can Barry, keep track of where he is, see how much power he's generating, and determine how fast he's running.
 * Defibrillator: A newer addition to the suit is a magnetic-electrical charge that jumpstarts Barry's heart. Though after two consecutive administrations, the device is completely fried and take a while to repair, making it still a prototype.
 * Therma-threading: A newer modifications to the suit, Cisco added "therma-threading" to the suit, which causes the suit to generate a large amount of heat, in case Barry gets hit by the Cold Gun, which is why it was designed.
 * Dwarf Star alloy chest armor: After getting some of this material from Felicity, Cisco was able to fit the torso section of the suit with this highly durable material, protecting the wearer from extreme blunt-force trauma to said area. However, enough force, such as from a meta-human with superstrength, can potentially destroy the armor even if the strike itself is blocked, leaving the wearer vulnerable again to any further blows until the armor itself is repaired.
 * Performance enhancement: When using the later addition of a the tachyon unit concealed under the suit's chest emblem, Barry's vitals remain at peak performances, including keeping their calorie burning rate at a normal level, and thereby able to continue moving at top speeds for much longer derations unhindered from effects such as dizziness or fatigue. While originally a strap-on to the full chest, it was later modified into a compact size to fit inside the lighting bolt emblem, concealing it from sight and not restricting the wearer's movements.
 * Voice alterer: Due to losing his speed to Zoom, the suit also apparently has a voice filter equipped to disguse Barry's voice, since he couldn't do it himself. It is unknown what was done with this device after Barry regained his powers and no longer had a need for it.

Known users

 * Barry Allen/The Flash

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Behind the scenes

 * In the first draft of the pilot script, the suit was made by Hartley Rathaway after he was dating a fireman named Chip.
 * When the red logo was introduced into the TV Series,The Flash in the New 52 Comics was also given a red logo.