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These books are ranked using the premise + setting labels extracted for Supergirl: Being Super. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.
Premise labels used: origin story, coming of age, secret identity, hidden powers, alien identity, dual belonging, small-town life, teen life, family secret, mystery past, loss and grief, powers in flux, choose a world
Setting labels used: small-town America, Midwestern town, farm setting, high school, present day, Earth, Krypton, alternate continuity, noncanonical story, Elseworlds, modern setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their premise + setting embeddings are close.
Teen Clark Kent discovers new powers and a town-wide mystery while Smallville hides a troubling secret.
Why this is here
Premise labels: origin story · coming of age · small-town mystery · hidden powers · identity search · immigrant allegory · secret history
Setting labels: Smallville · high school · rural town · small-town America · farm setting · secretive community
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1470
A seasonal, four-voice retelling of Clark Kent’s early path toward becoming Superman, rooted in Smallville and family.
Why this is here
Premise labels: origin story · coming of age · identity struggle · dual life · early hero
Setting labels: Smallville · Metropolis · Kansas town · rural America · American heartland · small-town to city transition · fictional reality
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1685
A trans teen heroine inherits dream powers meant for her sister and runs toward acceptance, family, and destiny.
Why this is here
Premise labels: origin story · superhero origin · trans heroine · inherited powers · precognitive dreams · queer coming-of-age · found family · runaway story · identity acceptance · alien-human hybrid
Setting labels: Earth · Metropolis · small town · alien sanctuary · superhero universe · contemporary setting · rural America · dream sequences · queer haven
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1784
A reimagined Superman origin follows Clark from Krypton to Kansas, the Navy, Atlantis, and Metropolis.
Why this is here
Premise labels: origin story · superhero origin · coming of age · identity formation · hidden powers · alien outsider · humanity versus power · choice and responsibility · heroic becoming
Setting labels: Krypton · Kansas · Smallville · Metropolis · Atlantis · the Navy · the military · school · ocean settings · American heartland · space
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1802
A teen discovers his inherited superpowers and learns to juggle school, family, and crime-fighting in a busy superhero world.
Why this is here
Premise labels: superhero origin · teen hero · heroic inheritance · family secret · father-son legacy · coming into powers · superhero adolescence · domestic superhero
Setting labels: high school · small-town America · modern day · Earth · alternate dimension · outer space · alien invasion · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1826
A nerdy small-town teen’s crush on the new quarterback spirals into alien secrets, royal destiny, and danger.
Why this is here
Premise labels: ordinary girl becomes special · alien heritage · hidden identity · lost royalty · fated connection · new boy at school · small-town outsider · secret powers · school romance · ordinary life disrupted
Setting labels: small town · high school · Jewel, Indiana · midwest · Earth · Mars · alien colony · school drama · small-town America · modern setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1843
A hidden Superman family tries to live quietly on a world that already has its own Superman, until secrets begin to surface.
Why this is here
Premise labels: secret identity · hidden family · alternate Earth · returning heroes · superhero parenthood · double identity · public distrust · protect the child
Setting labels: alternate Earth · shared universe · superhero universe · urban crime · small town · farm life · hidden refuge · post-crisis continuity · New 52 Earth
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1843
An alien princess hiding as a human boy on Earth must choose between safety and living openly when she falls in love.
Why this is here
Premise labels: secret identity · coming out · trans identity · alien refugee · disguise · first love · self-discovery · hidden princess
Setting labels: Earth · small town · high school · outer space · alien planet · post-war refugee setting
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1874
A hidden alien teen on Earth must stay unnoticed, master his powers, and outrun killers hunting his kind in order.
Why this is here
Premise labels: hidden aliens · fugitive teens · numbered targets · power awakening · planetary exile · secret identity · last survivors · alien hunters · hunted in order · small-town concealment
Setting labels: small-town Ohio · Earth disguise · school setting · high school · rural-suburban · secret alien society · destroyed homeworld · interplanetary conflict · modern day
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1909
Clark Kent grows from Smallville outsider to Metropolis’s first great hero in a retelling of Superman’s origin.
Why this is here
Premise labels: origin story · coming of age · secret identity · heroic awakening · dual identity · first contact with legacy
Setting labels: Smallville · Metropolis · Kansas · Earth
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1910
A bullied teen in a small town inherits a cosmic mantle and is pulled into a Marvel-scale space adventure.
Why this is here
Premise labels: origin story · legacy hero · coming-of-age · inheritance · small-town outsider · alien legacy · father-son conflict · cosmic adventure
Setting labels: small town · American Midwest · Southwestern U.S. · Arizona · school setting · outer space · cosmic setting · Marvel Universe · intergalactic · Moon
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1954
Seven connected snapshots follow Clark Kent from uncertain kid to emerging hero, with each chapter showing a different stage.
Why this is here
Premise labels: origin story · coming of age · character study · youth development · humanized hero · secret identity · self-discovery · formative moments
Setting labels: Smallville · Metropolis · Kansas · DC Universe · Earth · school years · college years · early career
Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting
Distance: 0.1956
