History WellIntentionedExtremist / ComicBooks

* In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', All H'el wants is to ressurect his home planet, Krypton. Unfortunately, Earth has to be destroyed for him to bring back Krypton.

* Headmaster Gentis from ''[[ComicBook/DarthVader Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison]]'' was motivated with the desire to stop the constant warmongering of the Galactic Empire under Palpatine's command after he witnessed several dead imperials being incinerated by the minute. His method of doing so was by orchestrating a MilitaryCoup against the Emperor with FalseFlagOperations, one of which also involved releasing a poisonous gas that severely wounded Palpatine; it didn't kill him thanks to his use of the Dark Side of the Force.

** No love for the Guardians of the Universe? They've been screwing up since the universe started, and while it's (usually) obvious that they are at least ''trying'' to do the right thing, more often than not, it just blows up in their faces.

* One of TheFlash's most dangerous enemies, Zoom, fits this pretty well. He just wants to make the Flash a better hero...by killing his friends, family, and lesser villains.
* {{Sinestro}} falls into this, especially during his debut and the ''SinestroCorpsWar''. His planet was, by all accounts, lawless and wild, so he used his ComicBook/GreenLantern ring to conquer it and instill order, by brutally oppressing the entire population. When the [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro Corps]] starts up, he seeks out people who can instill great fear, including {{Batman}} (who refuses), so he can save the galaxy from itself. Again, by ruling the entire population through fear.
** [[spoiler: And in the end of the ''Sinestro Corps War'', [[XanatosGambit Sinestro admits that what he really wanted was to improve the Green Lantern Corps, making them accept the use of deadly-force when necessary. He achieved his ends either way.]]]]

** The Entity of Compassion, Proselyte, is dedicated to eradicating evil by spreading empathy and compassion across the universe. It sees nothing wrong with [[spoiler:''brainwashing'' people to make them feel compassion.]]

* {{Spider-Man}}'s enemy, the Vulture, is a good example of the other type of this trope. Many years after his debut, he was given a backstory in which an unscrupulous business partner cheated him out of the proceeds from his inventions. He wrecked said partner's business, stole back his money, and discovered that he enjoyed the thrill. Eventually, the partner surfaced, and the usually not-murderous Vulture went after him; Spidey stopped the Vulture but taped the partner's confession.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Alexander Luthor Jr]] was willing to kill an uncountable number of people to reach his goal during the InfiniteCrisis. His goal? To find and create the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Perfect Earth, free of Crime, Grime, and, possibly, super powers]]
* Ra's al-Ghul's intention in the ''{{Batman}}'' comics (and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'') was to stop mankind's destruction of the environment. This could be accomplished by wiping out roughly 2 billion people. In the movie ''Film/BatmanBegins'', he attempts to make Gotham an example of crime and decadence in order for the world to see its horror.

* {{Magneto}} in ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''; a common comparison, implicit in the LiveActionAdaptation, is that Lensherr is the Malcolm X to Charles Xavier's more moderate Dr. King. Magneto goes much further than that.

* Subverted in ''{{Runaways}}''. The members of the Pride keep talking about building a better future for their children, but it turns out that [[spoiler: their plan is to help some ancient monsters wipe out all of humanity in exchange for granting their offspring eternal life. Plus, the original deal was that half of ''the Pride'' would get to live forever in paradise, so their motivations were purely selfish to begin with.]] Only one couple, the Yorkes, seem to genuinely think that they're doing the world as a whole a favor.

* The Deacon from ''GhostRider'' just wants everyone to go to Heaven and be at peace. So he kills them to expedite the process.

** In the Batman: Red Rain sequels, Batman does exactly this. He drains Joker of blood and stakes him to prevent him from coming back as a vampire. He then has Alfred stake him to keep himself from coming back. It doesn't work, though, and he comes back, decapitating and draining the blood from many of his old enemies.

* Headmaster Gentis from ''[[ComicBook/DarthVader Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison]]'' was motivated with the desire to stop the constant warmongering of the Galactic Empire under Palpatine's command after he witnessed several dead imperials being incinerated by the minute. His method of doing so was by orchestrating a MilitaryCoup against the Emperor with FalseFlagOperations, one of which also involved releasing a poisonous gas that severely wounded Palpatine; it didn't kill him thanks to his use of the Dark Side of the Force.
* The ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' storyline reveals that everything ComicBook/{{Loki}} did during ''DarkReign'' was done in the name of making Asgard relevant again. He started a war with the United States thinking that Asgard would triumph so he and his fellow Asgardians would be acknowledged as gods again by humanity. Loki is horrified when he realizes how badly he underestimated [[TheSentry the Void]] as the monster tears apart Asgard. For the first time in his life, Loki accepted responsibility for his actions and sacrificed himself giving the heroes a better chance to stop the Void.

* The ''Siege'' storyline reveals that everything ComicBook/{{Loki}} did during ''Dark Reign'' was done in the name of making Asgard relevant again. He started a war with the United States thinking that Asgard would triumph so he and his fellow Asgardians would be acknowledged as gods again by humanity. Loki is horrified when he realizes how badly he underestimated [[TheSentry the Void]] as the monster tears apart Asgard. For the first time in his life, Loki accepted responsibility for his actions and sacrificed himself giving the heroes a better chance to stop the Void.

* The ''Siege'' storyline reveals that everything {{Loki}} did during ''Dark Reign'' was done in the name of making Asgard relevant again. He started a war with the United States thinking that Asgard would triumph so he and his fellow Asgardians would be acknowledged as gods again by humanity. Loki is horrified when he realizes how badly he underestimated [[TheSentry the Void]] as the monster tears apart Asgard. For the first time in his life, Loki accepted responsibility for his actions and sacrificed himself giving the heroes a better chance to stop the Void.

* Headmaster Gentis from ''[[ComicBook/DarthVader Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison]]'' was motivated with the desire to stop the constant warmongering of the Galactic Empire under Palpatine's command after he witnessed several dead imperials being incinerated by the minute. His method of doing so was by orchestrating a MilitaryCoup against the Emperor with FalseFlagOperations, one of which also involved releasing a poisonous gas that severely wounded Palpatine; it didn't kill him thanks to his use of the Dark Side of the Force.

*** Exactly how sympathetic Magneto is in his goals [[DependingOnTheWriter varies from writer to writer]], with him ranging from a sympathetic anti-villain to a borderline CompleteMonster. The Chris Claremont version, which fits this trope the best, is simply the best-known.

* {{Magneto}} in ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''; a common comparison, implicit in the LiveActionAdaptation, is that Lensherr is the Malcolm X to Charles Xavier's more moderate Dr. King. Of course, Magneto goes much further than that.

* General Zod, long-time enemy of ComicBook/{{Superman}}, has been reinvented as this over the last year in the "World of New Krypton" storyline. Normally a conquering madman, he has been named military commander of New Krypton and is devoted to protecting the new planet by any means necessary, but he has been shown to be fairly honorable and decent. He cracked down on his sadistic minion Gor, promoted Superman in his place when he was incapacitated by an assassin, and came to appreciate his former enemy while still maintaining views that are much harsher than those of Superman's. Of course, if New Krypton is destroyed, [[UnstoppableRage all bets are off]].

* Jei-san from ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' wants to rid the world of evil. Unfortunately, in his MilkyWhiteEyes, just about ''everyone'' is evil. It's [[DemonicPossession not really his fault]], though.

* ''Enginehead'' is extremely simple in his "programming", with the single-minded directive to "fix" humanity by eliminating "flaws". When he sees that someone is "broken", he "fixes" them by literally tearing them limb from limb. His genuine inability to fully understand the ramifications of his actions causes Dr. Grass to peg him as not a superhero, but an entirely new breed, here to save us all by scorching the earth until none are left standing.

* The entire ''SquadronSupreme'' limited series was built on this trope, as the Squadron vows to use their super-powers to cure all of society's ills -- even if it requires restricting civil rights and individual liberties to do so.

** It should be noted that Kranti is the strip's ''protagonist'', not a CloudCuckooLander or {{Anti|Villain}}/IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and the only character who regularly encourages her is Bunnista, an [[KillerRabbit anarchist bunny rabbit who loves]] StuffBlowingUp. [[spoiler: Recently, her brother's boyfriend has joined her cause, as has a revolutionary guinea pig, although they're far more reasonable than Bunnista]]. Her creator shares this view, even though she knows she wouldn't survive whatever kills most of humanity, or live off the land afterward.

* Rayek in ''{{ElfQuest}}'' claims to want what's best for all of elfkind, but is also convinced that he's the only one who ''knows'' what's best for them, in spite of all arguments to the contrary. This comes to a head when, in an attempt to correct a TimeParadox, [[spoiler:Rayek takes Leetah, Skywise, Ember, Suntop, and Picknose and his family ten thousand years into the future in the Palace - leaving Cutter and the rest of the Wolfriders stranded in the present]].
** Winowill starts out as one of these. She just wants to keep all the "real" elves nice and safe, even if it means keeping them locked in perpetual stasis and committing genocide on the Wolf Riders. Later, she just becomes plain out and out AxCrazy evil.

* General Zod, long-time enemy of {{ComicBook/Superman}}, has been reinvented as this over the last year in the "World of New Krypton" storyline. Normally a conquering madman, he has been named military commander of New Krypton and is devoted to protecting the new planet by any means necessary, but he has been shown to be fairly honorable and decent. He cracked down on his sadistic minion Gor, promoted Superman in his place when he was incapacitated by an assassin, and came to appreciate his former enemy while still maintaining views that are much harsher than those of Superman's. Of course, if New Krypton is destroyed, [[UnstoppableRage all bets are off]].

* Rainmaker from ''{{PS238}}''. The namesake of the Rainmaker program, which was intended to discover the cause of superpowers by experimenting on metahumans that couldn't fight back, he was treated more as a lab rat than a child to be taught, and ran away after a lab accident gave his powers a boost. After finding out that the titular school has re-instituted the Rainmaker Program, the Rainmaker invades the school facility and disables several of the teachers and students in an attempt to 'rescue' the participants in the program. The Rainmaker program turns out to have changed a bit in 40 years and is now a volunteer school program for grooming metahumans with non-combative abilities for work in the private sector.

* Issue 20 of [[BrightestDay Justice League Generation Lost]] shows us why Maxwell Lord is willing to do all the horrible things he does: he sincerely believes that if he doesn't take dictatorial control of the metahuman community, the inevitable result will be the sort of spandex genocide we saw at the end of ''KingdomCome''.

* {{Magneto}} in ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''; a common comparison, implicit in the LiveActionAdaptation, is that Lensherr is the 'Malcolm X' to Charles Xavier's more moderate 'Dr. King'. Of course, Magneto goes much further than that.
** Xavier himself can be quite unscrupulous. Danger and Vulcan are both consequences of his 'whatever it takes' attitude.

** The White Light Entity has commited a few morally ambiguous acts in order to save all life in the universe.

* John Horus, from WarrenEllis' BlackSummer. As many characters note, he just wants everyone to be good. It's fine that he thinks the US government has perpetrated an illegal war, and as a condoned costumed vigilante, he may be expected to act against it, but he decides the best way to deal with this is to kill the president.

* Subverted in ''{{Runaways}}''. The members of the Pride keep talking about building a better future for their children, but it turns out that [[spoiler: their plan is to help some ancient monsters wipe out all of humanity in exchange for granting their offsprings eternal life. Plus, the original deal was that half of ''the Pride'' would get to live forever in paradise, so their motivations were purely selfish to begin with.]] Only one couple, the Yorkes, seem to genuinely think that they're doing the world as a whole a favor.

** The ''UltimateMarvel'' take on Nuke is this. Essentially created as the CaptainAmerica for the VietnamWar, he eventually felt his country had betrayed him and the very values it claimed to stand for, walking off into the jungles and disappearing. When he resurfaced, he was trying to create SuperSerum to give a new army of super soldiers with which to tear down the irredeemly corrupt America that had arisen, and delbierately tried to break Captain America by confronting him with all of the atrocities that the USA has performed and the corrupt governers that have arisen, including RichardNixon and his illegal campaign of carpet bombing in Cambodia and Laos and the C.I.A.'s ousting of a democratically elected president of Chile to install the corrupt regime of Augusto Pinochet.
* In IDW [[TheTransformersIDW Transformers]], there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over for.

* Headmaster Gentis from ''[[ComicBook/DarthVader Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison]]'' was motivated with the desire to stop the constant warmongering of the Galactic Empire under Palpatine's command after he witnessed several dead imperials being incinerated by the minute. His method of doing so was by orchestrating a MilitaryCoup against the Emperor with FalseFlagOperations, one of which also involved releasing a poisonous gas that severely wounded Palpatine, it not killing Palpatine was only due to his use of the Dark Side of the Force.

* In IDW {{Transformers}}, there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over for.

* Headmaster Gentis from ''Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison'' was motivated with the desire to stop the constant warmongering of the Galactic Empire under Palpatine's command after he witnessed several dead imperials being incinerated by the minute. His method of doing so was by orchestrating a MilitaryCoup against the Emperor with FalseFlagOperations, one of which also involved releasing a poisonous gas that severely wounded Palpatine, it not killing Palpatine was only due to his use of the Dark Side of the Force.

* Ra's al-Ghul's intention in the ''{{Batman}}'' comics (and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'') was to stop mankind's destruction of the environment. This could be accomplished by wiping out roughly 2 billion people. In the movie ''[[TheDarkKnightSaga Batman Begins]]'', he attempts to make Gotham an example of crime and decadence in order for the world to see its horror.

* Amanda Waller, from ''SuicideSquad''. Intends to protect the United States from harm. No matter if the US is in the right or wrong, no matter who she has to send into suicide missions, no matter what superheroes she deems a threat.

** [[spoiler: And in the end of the ''Sinestro Corps War'', [[XanatosGambit Sinestro admits that what he really wanted was to improve the Green Lantern Corps, making them accept the use of deadly-force when necessary. He achieved his ends.]]]]

** Another example would be Rorschach, whose violent and murderous behavior towards criminals is fueled by his own twisted desires to protect the world and defend the good. However, due to mental trauma, he tends to view almost everything and everyone as bad and needing punishment, making him come off as a HeroicSociopath.

* In {{Transformers}}, there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over for.

* Amanda Waller, from ''SuicideSquad''. Intends to protect the United States from harm. No matter is the US is in the right or wrong, no matter who she has to send into suicide missions, no matter what superheros she deems a threat.

* [[spoiler: Cinderella's fairy godmother, as well as Geppetto]], in {{Fables}} embodies this trope. [[spoiler: The fairy godmother just wanted people to be happy, and Geppetto didn't start out ''intending'' to conquer the world.]]

* In {{Transformers}}, there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over for.

* Jei-san from ''UsagiYojimbo'' wants to rid the world of evil. Unfortunately, in his MilkyWhiteEyes, just about ''everyone'' is evil. It's [[DemonicPossession not really his fault]], though.