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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Marvels.
Setting labels used: New York City, Marvel Universe, mid-20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, World War II era, Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
Spider-Man ages in real time across six decades, forcing Peter Parker and his world to change with history.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · real world events · Marvel Universe · alternate universe · Cold War era · Vietnam War era
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1407
An alien virus reshapes post-WWII America, spawning heroes, monsters, and a shared-world saga of linked stories.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-World War II · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · New York City · Manhattan · United States · alternate history · shared-universe world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1418
Two Watchmen prequels trace a masked team’s rise and fall and a young heroine’s break from family control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · San Francisco · alternate history · superhero universe · mid-century America · urban setting · counterculture
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1493
Teen runaways make a dangerous deal in New York and get thrown into a time-bending conflict a century away.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · 1907 · early 1900s · turn of the century · time displacement · Marvel Universe · modern to past · street-level city
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1675
The first ten X-Men adventures assemble Marvel’s mutant outcasts, train them, and unleash their earliest foes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1960s · Silver Age · Marvel Universe · New York City · secret school · Savage Land · subterranean · outer space · fictional world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1740
Frozen WWII hero Captain America wakes in the 21st century and must decide where he belongs.
Why this is here
Setting labels: World War II · 1940s · 21st century · modern America · New York City · suspended animation · time travel · alternate continuity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1747
A covert anti-superhero team digs into the secret history of corporate-made heroes while new loyalties and rivalries ignite.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate history · contemporary America · New York City · United States · post-9/11 · Cold War era · World War II era · Vietnam War era · corporate world · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1759
Captain Marvel’s worsening condition forces her into a high-stakes Avengers crossover tied to her past and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · Earth · Marvel Universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1799
Captain America hunts a reality-bending conspiracy that forces him to confront the shocking return of his lost friend.
Why this is here
Setting labels: World War II · modern day · Cold War · Paris · London · Manhattan · Russia · S.H.I.E.L.D. · alternate-history feel · superhero universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1802
Spider-Man’s origin and first 10 adventures, from radioactive bite to early rogues gallery and double-life struggles.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1960s · Silver Age · high school · urban · superhero universe · Marvel universe · science expo · newspaper office
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1818
A retro-styled DC epic follows heroes and newcomers as the Silver Age dawns amid Cold War paranoia and a growing threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: post-WWII · Cold War · 1950s · early 1960s · Silver Age · mid-century America · global conflict · space age · historical-fiction overlay · alternate-history feel
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1839
An alternate-timeline Superman spans the 1960s–80s as he faces history, love, and the end of his universe.
Why this is here
Setting labels: 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · Cold War · U.S. history · alternate timeline · pre-Crisis DCU · Metropolis · Kansas · Daily Planet · Earth · cosmic apocalypse · Silver Age · Bronze Age
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1856
