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This is actually an attempt to make one of my oldest (circa 1982) superheroes, originally named Fire & Ice, later Usurper (after he gained the ability to steal powers) and still later Paradox. All of these names are taken, of course, so I went for a bad physics pun. Also, the costume should continue the 50/50 pattern of the mask onto the body (only reversing red and blue on the torso), but that option isn't available.
( He runs hot and cold. )

Coherent Super Stories #21 - "Prisoner of the Red Planet!" featuring Brightsword I: Darkshield's finally found a way to get Brightsword out of his hair for good...or has he? Written for High Concept Challenge #9.

I chromed the legs, repainted the eyes and also shaved some bits off to let the tail stick out straight.
( I can haz USB? )

Hey, it's only $12, that forgives a lot of knockoffyness. And it's not all that bad, actually.

( No books of note, but the old missing list gets cleared. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "And do you folks always, uhm, CELEBRATE by blowing up big fuschia robots?" "They're really more MAGENTA, honey." - TechJacket's neighbors, Invincible #71

Frame-jobs are a common element of murder mysteries. After all, there needs to be misdirection in the middle of the story, and an innocent (or, at least, innocent of this particular crime) patsy is a good way to flesh out the midgame. In fact, the typical Castle episode runs through several "not the real killer" suspects before hitting the real one, some of which were intentionally set up for a fall by the real killer.

But (and I think Castle has done this at least once), it's even more effective if the real killer is the first prime suspect, planting some sort of later-refutable evidence pointing at them and then getting cleared. This is a particularly useful thing in a practical sense if the victim had a lot of enemies and the real killer doesn't want to look like he's benefitting too much from the death (i.e. if the cops never bother you, maybe Rocco decides you're the one framing him and has the boys go have a talk wit' ya). Obviously, this generally ends up backfiring in fiction ("You forgot one little detail..."), but I could see it working in formats where there doesn't have to be closure at the end of the story (i.e. comic books or arc-based TV shows where the killer can get away with it this time, only to get caught on something else later).