▁the ▁air ▁bl asts . ▁ ▁The ▁feedback ▁from ▁the ▁Sho cker ' s ▁ga unt lets ▁is ▁extremely ▁inten se ▁( the ▁initial ▁test ▁almost ▁killed ▁him ). ▁To ▁guard ▁himself ▁from ▁this , ▁he ▁developed ▁a ▁protect ive ▁cost ume ▁consisting ▁largely ▁of ▁yellow ▁qu ilt ▁patch es ▁designed ▁to ▁abs orb ▁the ▁shock . ▁The ▁cost ume ▁is ▁made ▁of ▁fo am - lined ▁synth etic ▁fabric ▁which ▁absor bs ▁all ▁v ibr ations ▁and ▁establish es ▁a ▁v ibr ational ▁shield ▁which ▁def lect s ▁normal ▁blow s ▁and ▁allows ▁him ▁to ▁s lip ▁from ▁any ▁grasp . ▁The ▁cost ume ' s ▁appearance ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁rid ic ule ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁Spider - Man ▁and ▁other ▁characters . ▁How ▁fellow ▁villa in ▁the ▁L oot er ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁once ▁w ield ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ga unt lets ▁without ▁we aring ▁a ▁protect ive ▁cost ume ▁and ▁suffering ▁injury ▁is ▁unclear , ▁though ▁his ▁super ▁strength ▁and ▁dur ability ▁were ▁pres umably ▁a ▁factor . ▁Despite ▁having ▁no ▁super human ▁ab ilities , ▁his ▁v ibr ating ▁suit ▁and ▁ga unt lets ▁enable ▁him ▁to ▁trade ▁blow s ▁with ▁Spider - Man . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁( real ▁time ), ▁H erman ▁Sch ult z ▁began ▁upgrad ing ▁the ▁ab ilities ▁of ▁his ▁cost ume ▁and ▁weapons . ▁His ▁suit ▁now ▁contains ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁built - in ▁shock ▁units , ▁which ▁throw ▁up ▁a ▁protect ive