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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City.
Setting labels used: fictional city, superhero city, urban setting, street-level setting, retro-futurist, noir-inflected, alternate reality, 90s setting, multiracial city, supernatural neighborhood
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A homicide detective and his new partner investigate the murder of a beloved superhero in a city full of powers.
Why this is here
Setting labels: superhero world · urban city · police department · street-level · noir setting · alternate reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1269
A young newcomer becomes a vigilante’s sidekick and uncovers a secret as the city turns against its heroes.
Why this is here
Setting labels: imaginary city · superhero city · urban setting · nighttime vigilante world · shared-universe reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1423
In a city where everyone has powers, a precinct of super-cops tackles bizarre crimes, corruption, and prejudice.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional metropolis · police precinct · parallel world · multiverse · futuristic city · cosmopolitan city · dense urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1507
Two amnesiac superpowered strangers from opposite sides team up to uncover their pasts and stop a looming city threat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: fictional city · urban setting · contemporary setting · near-present day · superpowered world · public superheroes · memory loss support group · city in danger
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1521
A gonzo journalist battles a corrupt president, police violence, and censorship in a filthy future city.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Futuristic city · Dystopian city · Urban setting · Political future · Retro-future · Noir cityscape
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1528
A regular guy inherits a superhero’s cloak and chooses a career as a not-very-evil supervillain for profit.
Why this is here
Setting labels: alternate universe · superhero world · urban setting · crime-ridden city · suburbs · college setting · comic-book reality · commonplace superpowers · monsters and magic · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1532
Retired, mismatched sidekicks are forced back into action after Earth’s heroes die, and saving the world gets very messy.
Why this is here
Setting labels: superhero world · modern world · city setting · government conspiracy · urban fantasy · alternate reality · superpowered society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1537
A superhero’s overworked assistant hides her own powers when she’s forced to impersonate her boss during a demon crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: San Francisco · contemporary · alternate reality · demon portals · urban city · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1570
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A hero-hunter arc collides with a martial-arts tournament as Saitama, heroes, and monsters all get pulled off course.
Why this is here
Setting labels: urban setting · fictional world · superhero society · monster-infested cities
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1572
An unnamed detective investigates an impossible murder in a neon-noir future where gods walk among humans.
Why this is here
Setting labels: dark city · grimy city · near future · future city · urban noir · secret facility · interdimensional world · alternate reality · cosmic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1584
A teen with mixed magical and supervillain heritage gains a powers system and tries to forge his own path in a chaotic super world.
Why this is here
Setting labels: superhero city · walled cities · post-apocalyptic world · alternate Earth · dystopian setting · magic-rich world · supervillain world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1647
A newly paroled ex-supervillain is pulled into a neighborhood murder mystery while trying to go straight.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Astro City · urban neighborhood · working-class neighborhood · crime-ridden neighborhood · superhero city · comic-book reality · pulp-noir atmosphere
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1647
