As I recall, some fantasy descendant of neoprene was what was explicitly used for the Flash's outfit in the short-lived Flash TV series -- it wasn't originally a "superhero suit" at all, but something to help him regulate some of the extremes his accelerated metabolism could hit.
As for ballistic cloth, well, yeah. That's why I invented polykev for I.S.T., to give super characters that kind of protection without the bulk of a Second Chance vest.
And now that I think of it, maybe the Huntress is wearing ballistic lingerie...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
As for ballistic cloth, well, yeah. That's why I invented polykev for I.S.T., to give super characters that kind of protection without the bulk of a Second Chance vest.
And now that I think of it, maybe the Huntress is wearing ballistic lingerie...
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.