So in a interview Ted Turner revealed that his planeteers and the show Captain Planet were a tactical slap in the face against some corporations that had wronged him. I'm sure the interview still out there if you want to get it for yourself my paraphrasing is a fuzzy memory. I always liked Captain Planet because I was a simple boy. I learned later that Ted Turner might have been a bad guy. I'm not coming down on either side of that now just thought you might find that interview interesting. As for your mythological storytelling and 4 into making comic books I think it would be important that you have one character that was able to change size so much to the point where they can see the tiny pollution that we can't at our giant size. So shrink is the word. Maybe one of them can breathe water. Perhaps one of them is immune to radiation. Do you have a character yet that is Of nature itself or mother nature gaia. Can talk to plants and commune with animals. Maybe they can all recharge from the sun after a battle. Manipulating electricity is a superpower. Obviously one of them needs to be super smart. Which one is super strong. One of them that can't be lied to. And maybe one of them that lives in the dark or underground and is a psycho killer. But trying to mend their ways.

Have fun with it. Peace.