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Premise labels used: supervillain parents, secret identity, discovered powers, school life, friendship across sides, save the parents, villain kidnapping

Themes labels used: identity, good vs evil, morality, family loyalty, friendship, belonging, growing up, choice, perspective, self-acceptance

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Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride & Joy

Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona · 2006 · Runaways (2003-2009) (Collected Editions)

Six teens discover their parents are secret supervillains and run away together to survive, resist, and uncover the truth.

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Premise labels: runaway teens · villain parents · secret society · discover hidden powers · found family · kids vs parents · teens on the run · supervillain legacy

Themes labels: good and evil · parental betrayal · identity · trust · independence · growing up · morality · legacy · secrecy · loyalty · choice · authority · family loyalty · coming of age

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Runaways: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

Brian K. Vaughan · 2006 · Runaways: The Complete Collection

Six teens uncover their parents' deadly secret and go on the run, forming a rebellious superhero team.

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Premise labels: evil parents · runaway teens · found family · secret identities · teen superheroes · legacy conflict · generational conflict · criminal parents

Themes labels: growing up · identity · family legacy · rebellion · loyalty · friendship · morality · generational conflict · choice vs inheritance · teen autonomy

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H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education

Mark Walden · 2007 · H.I.V.E.

A gifted orphan is abducted to a secret school for villains and must outwit its staff to escape with new friends.

Why this is here

Premise labels: villain school · kidnapped students · evil genius · escape plan · secret academy · supervillain training · rebel students

Themes labels: good and evil · moral ambiguity · identity · free will · friendship · loyalty · rebellion · authority · control · self-discovery · power and potential · social labels

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The Unforgettable Logan Foster

Shawn Peters · 2022 · Logan Foster

A foster kid with an eidetic memory discovers his new parents are superheroes—and gets pulled into a world-saving battle.

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Premise labels: superhero family · foster care · secret identity · neurodivergent protagonist · lost sibling search · found family · outsider hero · good vs evil · world-saving stakes

Themes labels: identity · belonging · family · adoption · foster care · difference as strength · self-acceptance · neurodiversity · memory · truth and secrets · heroism · agency · acceptance · parenthood · loyalty · friendship

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Alliance

Mark Frost · 2035 · The Paladin Prophecy

A teen with emerging powers stays at a secretive school over summer and uncovers deeper truths, betrayals, and danger.

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Premise labels: secret society · chosen teens · special powers · coming-of-power · hidden conspiracy · quest for answers · friend-or-foe · good versus evil · superpowered students · mystery uncovering · summer investigation

Themes labels: identity · friendship · loyalty · betrayal · trust · self-discovery · good and evil · power and responsibility · being different · family · secrets · coming of age · choice · sacrifice

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Time and Again

G. Willow Wilson · 2019 · Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson

Kamala Khan juggles a slumber party, a power mystery, and a classic villain as her life as Ms. Marvel shifts gears.

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Premise labels: teen hero · secret identity · coming of age · friendship · family life · superhero double life · power mystery · small-town superheroics

Themes labels: identity · belonging · friendship · family · adolescence · diversity · representation · community · responsibility · faith · acceptance · self-discovery · balance · heroism · compassion · growing up

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Maximum Ride, Vol. 4

NaRae Lee, James Patterson · 2011 · Maximum Ride: The Manga

A fledgling found family hides out at school while secrets, clones, and betrayal push them toward another escape.

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Premise labels: escaped experiments · superpowered teens · fugitive group · secret school · hidden identity · family-in-hiding · betrayal among allies · mission pressure

Themes labels: family · trust · betrayal · identity · freedom · transformation · belonging · control · secrecy · safety vs risk · good and evil

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Superman: Lois and Clark

Dan Jurgens · 2016 · Superman: Lois and Clark

A hidden Superman family tries to live quietly on a world that already has its own Superman, until secrets begin to surface.

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Premise labels: secret identity · hidden family · alternate Earth · returning heroes · superhero parenthood · double identity · public distrust · protect the child

Themes labels: family · hope · identity · secrecy · legacy · responsibility · truth · heroism · integrity · belonging · parenthood · adaptation · trust · normalcy

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The Prisoner of Cell 25

Richard Paul Evans · 2011 · Michael Vey

A bullied teen with secret electric powers uncovers other gifted kids and a conspiracy that targets them all.

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Premise labels: secret powers · electric powers · gifted teens · bullied outcast · hidden identity · quest for answers · kidnapped mother · secret experiment · powerful organization

Themes labels: identity · acceptance · bullying · good vs evil · moral choice · loyalty · justice · control · equality · disability visibility · coming of age

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Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins?

Liz Kessler · 2015

A schoolgirl’s sudden invisibility draws her into a secret circle of kids with powers and a dangerous hidden origin.

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Premise labels: invisibility · superpowers · hidden abilities · kids with powers · ordinary child becomes extraordinary · secret origin · young heroes · friend-led investigation

Themes labels: friendship · acceptance · identity · belonging · self-discovery · secrecy · trust · teamwork · responsibility · using power for good · growing up · hidden potential · looking past stereotypes

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The Girl in the Steel Corset

Kady Cross · 2011 · The Steampunk Chronicles

A troubled teen with a dangerous hidden side joins a misfit steampunk team racing to stop a machine-based conspiracy.

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Premise labels: hidden power · dual identity · found family · misfit team · criminal conspiracy · automaton threat · royal protection · special abilities · dark side · mystery investigation · teen heroes

Themes labels: identity · self-acceptance · belonging · trust · control · good and evil · power · loyalty · otherness · friendship · class difference · gender expectations

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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Vol. 2

Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Samnee · 2012 · Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011)

Miles Morales must balance hero training, family loyalty, and a dangerous uncle who knows his secret.

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Premise labels: teen superhero · secret identity · double life · coming-of-age · legacy hero · mentorless hero · family conflict · criminal pressure

Themes labels: responsibility · identity · growing up · family loyalty · morality · choice · trust · self-discovery · legacy · power and responsibility · crime and family · belonging · diversity

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