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Mike Carey, Ed Brubaker, Marc Silvestri, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Peter David

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Premise labels used: mutant extinction, first mutant birth, race to protect baby, race to capture baby, future of mutantkind, mutant messiah, control of child, endangered species

Setting labels used: alternate future, present-day Earth, Alaska, Canada, mutant dystopia, mutant concentration camps, superhero universe

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Cover of X-Men: Second Coming by Craig Kyle

X-Men: Second Coming

Craig Kyle · 2010 · X-Men: Second Coming

A mutant messiah returns to a world on the brink, triggering a desperate war for mutant survival across the X-Men titles.

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Premise labels: mutant survival · mutant extinction · mutant messiah · protect the child · return from future · race to sanctuary · war for mutantkind · anti-mutant assault

Setting labels: present-day continuity · future travel · alternate future · Utopia · San Francisco · Xavier Institute · shared-universe fiction

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Distance: 0.1560

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Cover of X-Men: Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Chris Claremont · 2004 · Uncanny X-Men (1963)

A young mutant’s mind is sent into her past to stop the chain of events that creates a mutant apocalypse.

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Premise labels: dystopian future · time travel · future warning · mutant persecution · prevent catastrophe · anti-mutant politics · survival mission · last hope

Setting labels: dystopian future · 2013 · 1980 · North America · Canada · X-Men mansion · apocalyptic future · alternate timeline · superhero world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1620

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Cover of Extraordinary X-Men, Vol. 1: X-Haven by Jeff Lemire

Extraordinary X-Men, Vol. 1: X-Haven

Jeff Lemire · 2016 · Extraordinary X-Men

Storm rebuilds the X-Men around a hidden refuge as mutantkind faces persecution, illness, and extinction again.

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Premise labels: mutant extinction crisis · team reassembly · mutant refuge · survival mission · race against extinction · new team formation · rescue mutants · protective haven · worldwide persecution

Setting labels: post-time skip · post-Secret Wars · Limbo · mutant refuge · X-Haven · school setting · worldwide crisis · alternate-reality crossover residue · mainstream superhero universe

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Distance: 0.1708

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Cover of House of X/Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman

House of X/Powers of X

Jonathan Hickman · 2019 · House of X/Powers of X

A nonlinear X-Men reboot follows mutants as they found a sovereign nation and confront their future through hidden histories.

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Premise labels: mutant nation · sovereign state · future of mutants · human-mutant conflict · species survival · new status quo · shared mutant agenda · retcon · master plan · revolutionary reset

Setting labels: Krakoa · mutant nation · island setting · near future · far future · science fictional future · alternate timeline · post-apocalyptic future · space setting · global politics

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Distance: 0.1735

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Cover of X-Men: Schism by Jason Aaron

X-Men: Schism

Jason Aaron, Kieron Gillen · 2012 · X-Men: Schism

A mutant crisis pits Cyclops and Wolverine against each other, forcing the X-Men to choose between war, training, and childhood.

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Premise labels: mutant civil war · ideological split · mutant survival · child soldiers · team fracture · leadership conflict

Setting labels: mutant nation · isolated island base · San Francisco · Westchester · global crisis · superhero continuity · near-future mutant conflict

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Distance: 0.1872

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Cover of Fate of Perfection by K.F. Breene

Fate of Perfection

K.F. Breene · 2017 · Finding Paradise

In a corporate dystopia, a genius mother and her security ally fight to keep their genetically unusual child and win freedom.

Why this is here

Premise labels: corporate dystopia · genetically engineered society · protective parent · escape from control · breeding program · child rescue · forbidden family bond · reproductive control · superhuman protagonists

Setting labels: distant future · corporate-controlled world · off-world colony · planetary escape · dystopian society · polluted Earth · controlled enclaves

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Distance: 0.1890

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Cover of Aliens vs. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman

Aliens vs. Avengers

Jonathan Hickman · 2025 · Aliens vs. Avengers (2024)

In a bleak future, aging Marvel heroes fight for humanity against a xenomorph apocalypse that has already won most of Earth.

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Premise labels: alien invasion · post-apocalyptic future · last stand · survival story · human extinction · hero resistance · xenomorph threat · cosmic crossover

Setting labels: future Earth · post-apocalyptic Earth · last city · spacefaring Wakanda · Mars colony · alternate universe · multiverse · Marvel Universe · off-world stronghold · cosmic setting

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Distance: 0.1890

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Cover of X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 2 by Scott Lobdell

X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 2

Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, John Francis Moore · 2008 · X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic

A mutant-ruled alternate timeline unravels as rival X-teams, time travel, and crossover chaos fight to restore history.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alternate timeline · what if · post-apocalyptic world · mutant resistance · time travel · world takeover · timeline repair · superhero crossover

Setting labels: alternate universe · dystopian future · post-apocalyptic Earth · mutant-ruled world · 1990s comics era · Manhattan · North America · global crisis

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Distance: 0.1902

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Cover of Slan by A.E. van Vogt

Slan

A.E. van Vogt · 1998 · Slan

A mutant orphan races to survive in a future society that hunts his kind while uncovering the truth of the Slans.

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Premise labels: mutant outcast · persecuted minority · superhuman race · telepathic mutants · human-mutant conflict · survival quest

Setting labels: future Earth · dystopian future · authoritarian regime · post-war future · interplanetary setting · Mars · Moon · underground cities · space travel · pulp future

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Distance: 0.1902

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Cover of X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 1 by Scott Lobdell

X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 1

Scott Lobdell, Howard Mackie, John Francis Moore, Brian K. Vaughan, Ralph Macchio, Terry Kavanagh, Judd Winick · 2005 · X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic

An alternate X-Men timeline where Xavier dies young and Magneto leads a resistance against Apocalypse's rule.

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Premise labels: alternate timeline · world takeover · mutant dystopia · what-if scenario · resistance movement · fallen hero world

Setting labels: alternate reality · dystopian future · mutant rule · Apocalypse-ruled world · post-Xavier timeline · North America (apocalyptic) · science-fantasy world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1908

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Cover of Avengers vs. X-Men Omnibus by Jason Aaron

Avengers vs. X-Men Omnibus

Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Joanthan Hickman, Matt Fraction · 2012 · Avengers vs. X-Men

A cosmic force returns to Earth, forcing the Avengers and X-Men into a sprawling war over one mutant girl's fate.

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Premise labels: hero vs hero · team conflict · cosmic threat · mutant survival · endangered species · protective custody · power struggle · host selection · forced confrontation · event crossover

Setting labels: shared universe · modern day · Earth · space · Utopia · Limbo · K'un-Lun · superhero world · mutant society · alternate battles

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1911

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Cover of New X-Men, Vol. 1 : E Is for Extinction by Grant Morrison

New X-Men, Vol. 1 : E Is for Extinction

Grant Morrison · 2002 · New X-Men (2001)

A mutant-hating mastermind launches a devastating attack, forcing the X-Men into a darker, newer era.

Why this is here

Premise labels: mutant genocide · supervillain threat · genetic identity · team survival · mutant persecution · status quo reset · institution under siege · new mutant era

Setting labels: superhero universe · Xavier's school · Genosha · global scale · China · South America · space · modern era · early 2000s · fictional mutant society

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Distance: 0.1918

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