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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.

Cover of Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke

Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre

Darwyn Cooke · 2013 · Before Watchmen

Two Watchmen prequels trace a masked team’s rise and fall and a young heroine’s break from family control.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1493

Cover of Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 1

Stan Lee · 1990 · Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four

The first ten X-Men adventures assemble Marvel’s mutant outcasts, train them, and unleash their earliest foes.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1740

Cover of The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul by Garth Ennis

The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul

Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson · 2008 · The Boys (Trade Paperbacks)

A covert anti-superhero team digs into the secret history of corporate-made heroes while new loyalties and rivalries ignite.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1759

Cover of Captain America: Winter Soldier - Ultimate Collection by Ed Brubaker

Captain America: Winter Soldier - Ultimate Collection

Ed Brubaker · 2010 · Captain America (2004) (Collected Editions)

Captain America hunts a reality-bending conspiracy that forces him to confront the shocking return of his lost friend.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1802

Cover of Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee

Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1

Stan Lee, Steve Ditko · 2003 · Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man

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

Cover of DC: The New Frontier, Volume 1 by Darwyn Cooke

DC: The New Frontier, Volume 1

Darwyn Cooke · 2004 · DC: The New Frontier

A retro-styled DC epic follows heroes and newcomers as the Silver Age dawns amid Cold War paranoia and a growing threat.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1839

Cover of Superman: Space Age by Mark   Russell

Superman: Space Age

Mark Russell · 2023 · Superman: Space Age

An alternate-timeline Superman spans the 1960s–80s as he faces history, love, and the end of his universe.

Semantic match: ranked by setting

Distance: 0.1856