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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Super Powereds: Year 1. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Premise labels used: superhero school, secret identity, experimental procedure, power control, hidden powers, hero certification, outcasts to heroes, training program, found family, social hierarchy

Setting labels used: college campus, superhero academy, university setting, contemporary setting, real-world adjacent, secret training program, hero certification program

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.

Cover of Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew  Hayes

Super Powereds: Year 2

Drew Hayes · 2013 · Super Powereds

Sophomore superhero trainees return to school, hide changed identities, and face new team trials, secrets, and threats.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.0996

Cover of Super Powereds: Year 3 by Drew  Hayes

Super Powereds: Year 3

Drew Hayes · 2015 · Super Powereds

Junior year turns brutal for a superhero-in-training team as old secrets surface, allies shift, and graduation narrows.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1525

Cover of Marvel Rising by G. Willow Wilson

Marvel Rising

G. Willow Wilson · 2018 · Marvel Rising (2018)

Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl team up to stop a video-game-powered villain while hiding their secret identities.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1704

Cover of 僕のヒーローアカデミア 12 [Boku No Hero Academia 12] by Kohei Horikoshi

僕のヒーローアカデミア 12 [Boku No Hero Academia 12]

Kohei Horikoshi, 堀越耕平 · 2017 · 僕のヒーローアカデミア [Boku no Hero Academia]

Class 1-A trains new signature moves, then faces a brutal provisional hero-license exam against rival schools.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1811

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More Than Jamie Baker

Kelly Oram · 2013 · Jamie Baker

At college, a superpowered young woman tries to do good publicly while hiding her secret from friends, rivals, and authorities.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1824

Cover of Wearing the Cape: A Superhero Story by Marion G. Harmon

Wearing the Cape: A Superhero Story

Marion G. Harmon · 2011 · Wearing the Cape

An 18-year-old in superhero Chicago gains powers in a bombing and must choose between normal life and caped duty.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1872

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Flash Fire

T.J. Klune · 2021 · The Extraordinaries

A queer teen superhero sequel pits Nick and his friends against new threats, secrets, and a fraught reckoning with power.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1873

Cover of 僕のヒーローアカデミア 42 [Boku no Hero Academia 42] by Kohei Horikoshi

僕のヒーローアカデミア 42 [Boku no Hero Academia 42]

Kohei Horikoshi, 堀越耕平 · 2024 · 僕のヒーローアカデミア [Boku no Hero Academia]

The final volume closes a long-running superhero manga with battle aftermath, epilogue, and hard-won hope for its heroes.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1922

Cover of Joshua Dread by Lee Bacon

Joshua Dread

Lee Bacon · 2012 · Joshua Dread

A middle school boy with supervillain parents must hide his own powers and team up with unexpected friends to save them.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1979

Cover of Harbinger, Vol. 1: Omega Rising by Joshua Dysart

Harbinger, Vol. 1: Omega Rising

Joshua Dysart · 2013 · Harbinger (2012)

A troubled teen psychic is hunted, recruited into a secret power network, and pushed toward a world-changing conflict.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2030

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Plutona

Jeff Lemire · 2016 · Plutona

When suburban kids find a dead superhero in the woods, their secret upends friendship, loyalty, and growing up.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2032

Cover of Powerless by Tera Lynn Childs

Powerless

Tera Lynn Childs, Tracy Deebs · 2015 · The Hero Agenda

A powerless teen in a superpowered society discovers heroes may be the real threat—and teams up with villains.

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2042