It’s a bit frustrating that McIntosh even brings up Alan Moore and his take on superhero movies, but doesn’t mention either of his explorations of the superhuman who wants to change the world in a way they see as better. Watchmen is the more famous one, of course where Ozymandias does the well-intentioned extremist route like the villains explored so much in the video, and the twist ending of Watchmen is that it all might come crumbling down. But in Marvelman/Miracleman, the titular character literally tears down the structures of the world as it exists in the 80s and builds up a new utopia in its place. Gaiman’s run, which is finally concluding now explores the positive and negative aspects of this and statements he’s made suggest it won’t end well, but that seems to be more because of conflict rather than a failing on how Miracleman created the new world order.
More recently, you’ve got comics like The Authority, where Mark Millar’s run on the title was all about them starting to use their massive levels of power against dictatorships, providing aid and relief to people who needed it, and changing the status quo of the world. The final arc of his story had the US deploy a superhuman to defeat and capture the team and replace them with more pliable and controllable ersatz versions who wouldn’t upset applecarts. A later story has them literally take over America after an ill-advised military project leads to the destruction of Florida, and the subsequent comics deal with the fallout of that action.
