Forgotten Projects - Part 1

This sketch was originally for a "comicbook cook book" if you can believe that. Though they loved it and gave me the green light, it never went past the sketch phase. I think the project lost funding or something. Not really sure. But it was fun coming up with Chile-Man!--or whatever, I never came up with a real name for him. Hey! Maybe you can! What are some good names for this guy? I'll start: The Red Pepper!!

...your turn. answer below.