Jay Garrick's helmet

"Ironically, on my&mdash;on our Earth, this helmet stood for hope."

- Harrison Wells to Jay Garrick Jay Garrick's helmet is what Hunter Zolomon, and later Jay Garrick, use as their respective superhero identity, The Flash. It was said by Harrison Wells that helmet was a symbol of hope for the people of Earth Two, and deserved to be worn by the real Flash, to which Jay agreed with. It was originally a part of the suit that Hunter Zolomon used while in the guise of the Flash. It later became a part of the suit that the real Jay Garrick used as the Flash of Earth Three.

History
"Never thought I'd see that again. It was my father's, from the War of the Americas."

- Hunter Zolomon on the helmet

The helmet was first seen by Team Flash when it comes through the wormhole in S.T.A.R. Labs. When Joe West asks what it is, Eobard Thawne says that it is his cue to leave. The helmet originally belonged to James Zolomon which he used in the War of the Americas. One night his young son Hunter came downstairs and caught him abusing his wife, James spotted him and gave him his Helmet and forced him to watch him murder his mother. Hunter was sent to the orphanage, yet he kept the helmet as a memento ever since. At some point of time, he additionally decorated the military helmet with golden-colored wings made of some sort of metal. It is unknown where the helmet was located when Hunter was convicted and imprisoned in the asylum for his crimes as a serial killer, it is possible that it was held as evidence. However, he somehow managed to regain hold of it.

Years later when Hunter obtained super speed and broke out of the asylum for mentally insane, he became a "speed demon" known as Zoom, intent on proving himself the greatest speedster in the multiverse. Around that time he encountered Jay Garrick, a speedster from Earth Three, whose name and vigilante identity as "the Flash" Hunter stole, imprisoning the real Jay at his lair. Inspired by Jay Garrick's superhero identity, Hunter used a similar Flash suit of his own (although based on his father's soldier uniform), which also featured the winged helmet. During the crisis on two Earths, Hunter Zolomon left a time remnant of himself on Earth One, when he realized he had to appear on Earth Two as Zoom. He then killed said time remnant of his before the eyes of Team Flash, giving Barry Allen the motivation to avenge the death of "Jay Garrick", improving his speed, only for Zoom to later absorb it. The Flash's helmet remained on Earth One, where it was kept on display to honor "Jay". After finding out Zoom's real identity, Team Flash still kept the helmet to keep Barry motivated and for Cisco Ramon to focus on his "Vibe" powers despite him complaining about it due to it giving him visions of Zoom every time he walked passed it. Soon Hunter was defeated by Team Flash and they freed the masked prisoner that Hunter kept locked up, revealing him to be the real Jay Garrick, a doppelganger of Henry Allen. Jay added the helmet to his suit thanks to the advice from Harry Wells, to keep giving hope to people who see him as a hero and to take something away from the man who imprisoned him. Caitlin Snow complimented Jay, saying that the helmet suits him.

Functions

 * Sonic blasts: When Hunter Zolomon still owned the helmet, when he was fighting Geomancer, he punched the helmet using his Super Speed to create sonic blasts. Surprisingly the helmet was left undamaged and undented.
 * Shield: Sometime after Jay Garrick got the helmet, he wore it when he was fighting his Earth's version of The Trickster he used it to catch all of the bullets that the Trickster fired at him from his gun.

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Trivia

 * The helmet had a variety of practical uses, aside from just being a helmet. Hunter Zolomon used it as a weapon, punching it at super speed and causing numerous small sonic blasts. Jay Garrick used the helmet as a sorts of shield, using it to stop the bullets that The Trickster shot at him.

Behind the scenes

 * In the comics, whenever Jay's helmet fell off when he was running, Jay would vibrate his face to hide his identity.