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Confessions of a D-List Supervillain

Jim Bernheimer

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Premise labels used: villain protagonist, antihero protagonist, mind control apocalypse, underdog hero, heroic redemption, superteam conflict, save the world

Setting labels used: superhero world, alternate reality, urban setting, post-apocalypse, world domination, corporate superhero world, comic-book universe

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Industrial Strength Magic

Macronomicon · 2024 · Industrial Strength Magic

A teen with mixed magical and supervillain heritage gains a powers system and tries to forge his own path in a chaotic super world.

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Premise labels: superhero system · magic-tech fusion · underpowered protagonist · underdog progression · family legacy · power awakening · supervillain heritage · magical destiny · team-up

Setting labels: superhero city · walled cities · post-apocalyptic world · alternate Earth · dystopian setting · magic-rich world · supervillain world

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The Boys Omnibus Vol. 3

Garth Ennis · 2019 · The Boys Omnibus

A depraved superhero world spirals into orgiastic spectacle, conspiracies, and origin stories as The Boys push back.

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Premise labels: superhero corruption · corporate control · antihero team · superpowered violence · heroic depravity · conspiracy

Setting labels: superhero world · alternate reality · contemporary · corporate-dominated · politically corrupt

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Distance: 0.1543

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The Games of Supervillainy

C.T. Phipps · 2015 · The Supervillainy Saga

A snarky supervillain returns from the moon to a zombie-overrun city and a world-ending cult crisis.

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Premise labels: supervillain anti-hero · zombie apocalypse · save the world · villain vs hero blur · apocalyptic cult · moon prison escape · team-up against world-ending threat

Setting labels: superhero world · urban setting · moon prison · zombie apocalypse · fantasy-sci-fi blend · comic-book reality · city under siege · world-ending stakes

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The Sidekicks Initiative: A Comedy Superhero Adventure

Barry J. Hutchison · 2018 · Sidekicks Initiative

Retired, mismatched sidekicks are forced back into action after Earth’s heroes die, and saving the world gets very messy.

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Premise labels: reluctant heroes · sidekicks rise · superhero fallout · government program · world-saving team · redeemable losers · mismatched team · supervillain threat

Setting labels: superhero world · modern world · city setting · government conspiracy · urban fantasy · alternate reality · superpowered society

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Distance: 0.1648

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Villain

Natalie Zina Walschots · 2026 · Hench

Anna, now the Auditor, escalates her war on superhero institutions while navigating power, grief, and a dangerous boss-romance.

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Premise labels: supervillain industry · heroic institution · villain ascent · corporate power · psychological warfare · data research · marketing war · antihero choice

Setting labels: superhero world · supervillain world · corporate setting · office politics · urban fantasy setting · contemporary setting · post-battle aftermath · institutional power

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Distance: 0.1695

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Lex Luthor: Man of Steel

Brian Azzarello · 2006 · Lex Luthor: Man of Steel

Lex Luthor narrates his own case against Superman, turning a superhero clash into a dark, personal power struggle.

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Premise labels: villain protagonist · point-of-view reversal · superhero rivalry · anti-Superman · humanity vs alien · public discrediting · character study · protector logic

Setting labels: Metropolis · Gotham · superhero world · urban setting · comic-book reality

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Distance: 0.1720

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The Unbelievable Gwenpool, Vol. 2: Head of M.O.D.O.K

Christopher Hastings · 2014 · The Unbelievable Gwenpool (Collected Editions)

A comics-savvy fangirl navigates a Marvel world of team-ups, villains, and meta mayhem while running a criminal crew.

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Premise labels: fourth-wall breaking · fish out of water · fangirl protagonist · superhero world · mercenary organization · team-up story · criminal organization · antihero

Setting labels: Marvel Universe · comic-book world · alternate reality · superhero setting

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Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 1: Berzerker

Jeff Lemire · 2016 · Old Man Logan (Collected Editions)

An older Wolverine wakes in what seems like his past and races to stop the future that destroyed his world.

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Premise labels: time-displaced hero · second chance · future prevention · revenge quest · hit list · alternate timeline · post-apocalyptic survivor · villain takeover · identity confusion

Setting labels: alternate universe · post-apocalyptic future · present-day Marvel universe · time travel · Earth-616 · New York City · superhero reality · dystopian future

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Avengers: Time Runs Out, Vol. 1

Jonathan Hickman · 2015 · Avengers (2012) (Collected Editions)

Eight months into a collapsing multiverse, rival Avengers factions, fugitives, and villains race to stop the end.

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Premise labels: end of the universe · multiverse collapse · incursions · hero vs hero conflict · fugitive heroes · secret council · villain alliance · world-saving dilemma · doomsday countdown · last-stand setup

Setting labels: Marvel Universe · alternate Earths · multiverse · futuristic near-future · superhero world · post-incursion world · Earth under threat · S.H.I.E.L.D. oversight · cosmic-scale setting

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Distance: 0.1750

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The Perfect Run III

Maxime J. Durand, Void Herald · 2022 · The Perfect Run

A time-looping superhero races through one final reset to save New Rome, win allies, and reach the perfect ending.

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Premise labels: time loop · perfect ending · save everyone · final run · superhero adventure · post-apocalyptic recovery · villain showdown

Setting labels: New Rome · post-apocalyptic world · superhero world · urban setting · cosmic scale · multiverse · alternate realities · Antarctica

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The Fall of the Governor: Part One

Jay Bonansinga, Robert Kirkman · 2013 · The Walking Dead: Novels

A zombie-apocalypse power struggle is retold from Woodbury’s side as the Governor’s rule meets new arrivals.

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Premise labels: villain perspective · apocalypse survival · power struggle · compound politics · siege narrative · retelling · crossover event

Setting labels: zombie apocalypse · post-apocalyptic world · walled town · community compound · survivalist enclave · comic continuity

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Blade of Tyshalle

Matthew Woodring Stover · 2001 · The Acts of Caine

A broken assassin-turned-administrator is dragged back into a brutal two-world struggle of plague, power, and gods.

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Premise labels: assassin protagonist · alternate world · corporate control · entertainment violence · revenge plot · plague outbreak · broken hero · world-altering stakes · two-world conflict

Setting labels: Earth · alternate world · parallel world · future Earth · dystopian future · fantasy world · corporate state · caste society · interdimensional setting · post-plague world

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Distance: 0.1821

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