While not the stealthiest hero costume, the Flash’s eye-catching bright red coloration serves a greater purpose.
Many of the classic DC Comics characters have already changed the design of their costumes, even changing the basic elements and even the color model. But Flash is one of the publisher’s few properties that has never changed its standard characterization. And there is a resounding reason behind this insistence.
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The explanation came in Flash #210, published in 2004. During a late-night visit to the Flash museum, Nightwing commented on the similarities between Batman and the Flash’s approach to heroism, telling Wally West that he’s “working like Batman.” When Wally asked what the former Robin meant, Dick Grayson explained that Batman “does everything he can to make enemies” because “he wants them to focus on him, not the audience.”
Nightwing suggested that Flash become a target, just as Batman does, even in the opposite and much less subtle way, as a “happy-go-lucky superhero”, someone who will “stop and shake everyone’s hand”. “You smile, wave,” he told Flash, “and you’re wearing a big, bright, colorful costume. You’re a target.”
In other words, in addition to being a clear warning of Flash’s presence on occasion, his flashy and bright all-red costume, which is naturally a warning color, also attracts the attention of criminals, which saves the population. and gives everyone the opportunity to hide and/or protect themselves.
The edition is keen to underline that not even Wally was fully aware of it, but, since then, this sensational motivation has been the best explanation of why Flash’s costume is all red and unchanged over the decades.
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