Ant-Man hits theaters in less than two months (July 17th, just to jog your memory), and it will be the first live-action movie for the big screen we get to see Marvel's shrinking superhero in.

Of course, the Ant-Man suit is la pièce de résistance: this is the one artifact that grants Scott Lang his superhero persona, as it did before with Hank Pym himself, the first Ant-Man in the Marvel Universe.

We had the opportunity to see how the suit looks like. Now Marvel has released some extra pics of the costume accompanied by explanations.

If you've ever wondered how the suit works, what its underlying technology is, what makes its wearer shrink and communicate with ants, hit the jump to get the details!

Overall view of the Ant-Man suit

Scott Lang won't just become an ant-whisperer and shrink: the costume also turns him into a bullet.

As Marvel's official description puts it, it's like this: