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These books are ranked using the setting labels extracted for Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those With Courage.
Setting labels used: Chicago, MIT, Marvel Universe, street level, academy setting, garage workshop, lab setting, upstate New York, hostage crisis setting
This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their setting embeddings are close.
A kidnapped physics professor wakes in a different life and must fight to return to the family he knows.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · small college · urban · contemporary · alternate realities · multiverse · lab setting · warehouse setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1511
A teenage engineering prodigy builds a suit, takes on a legacy, and learns heroism with help from Tony Stark’s AI.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · Marvel Universe · contemporary setting · superhero reality · corporate superhero world · street-level urban setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1522
Miles Morales must balance hero training, family loyalty, and a dangerous uncle who knows his secret.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · urban · superhero universe · alternate continuity · school setting · home setting · criminal underworld
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1588
Spider-Man returns to a ruined personal life and gets pulled into a ruthless New York gang war.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Street level · Urban crime · Superhero world · Contemporary setting · Marvel Universe · Subway tunnels · Apartment life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1663
Spider-Man gets a hard reset as Peter Parker loses stability, gains new roommates, and faces fresh threats.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · urban setting · university setting · Daily Bugle · shared apartment · superhero universe · modern-day setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1729
An 18-year-old in superhero Chicago gains powers in a bombing and must choose between normal life and caped duty.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Chicago · university setting · contemporary world · alternate Earth · post-Event world · superhero society
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1777
Two Hawkeyes juggle a rescue mission and Clint’s troubled past as old wounds and new dangers collide.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Marvel Universe · superhero world · contemporary setting · flashback childhood setting · circus setting · foster home setting · urban mission setting · research facility setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1819
A cloned teenage assassin escapes her creators and fights to claim an identity beyond violence and control.
Why this is here
Setting labels: secret facility · Marvel Universe · San Francisco · superhero continuity · teen years · laboratory setting · urban setting · science experiment
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1838
Spider-Man faces a mysterious powered foe, new truths about his origin, and life-altering fallout from a secret-identity crisis.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · superhero universe · contemporary setting · urban school · public school · Avengers Tower · Washington, D.C. · Marvel continuity · secret-identity world · shared-universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1844
Ben Reilly takes over as Spider-Man under a suspicious corporate sponsor while Peter recovers and the truth unravels.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · hospital setting · corporate setting · superhero world · fictionalized Marvel Universe · contemporary setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1845
At a mutant school under pressure, a radical student and his allies spark a dangerous revolt that tests every boundary.
Why this is here
Setting labels: mutant school · academy setting · campus unrest · near-future mutant world · human-mutation tension · sanctuary under siege · superhero school
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1883
When Ms. Marvel vanishes, her friends and allies step in to protect Jersey City while Kamala faces what heroism means.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Jersey City · contemporary urban setting · high school setting · superhero reality · Marvel Universe · community-based setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1906
Kamala Khan faces outlawed teen heroism, a new ally, and pressure on her secret identity in Jersey City.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Jersey City · high school setting · family home life · urban neighborhood · contemporary setting · superhero reality · comic-book Marvel continuity
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1927
A preteen genius tries to stop her own transformation, but a time-lost dinosaur turns her plan into chaos and friendship.
Why this is here
Setting labels: modern-day New York · Marvel Universe · school setting · secret lab · prehistoric past · time-displaced · comic-book reality
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1942
A feared mafia scientist and a royal racer ignite a forbidden, obsessive romance that tests loyalty, trauma, and power.
Why this is here
Setting labels: other planet · planetary setting · academy setting · university setting · laboratory setting · mafia setting · military academy · street racing · docks · imperial court · science fiction world · paranormal world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1962
A newly freed spider-powered young woman builds a life in New York while searching for her missing family.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · main Marvel universe · modern day · underground bunker · superhero city · shared-universe continuity · post-bunker life
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1968
Spider-Man faces a murderous symbiote and a huge villain team-up, forcing him to choose between his code and survival.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · 1990s · Marvel Universe · superhero reality · street-level setting · prison breakout · urban warzone
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1974
A Muslim Pakistani American teen in Jersey City gains shapeshifting powers and must balance heroism, family, and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Jersey City · New York City · modern day · contemporary · Marvel Universe · superhero reality · urban setting · school setting · home/family setting · mosque setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.1997
An android builds a suburban family and learns that passing as normal can become a tragic, deadly experiment.
Why this is here
Setting labels: suburbs · Washington, D.C. · American suburbia · White House · school setting · laboratory · superhero universe · near-future sci-fi · domestic setting
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2003
A spider-power outbreak turns Manhattan into chaos, forcing Spider-Man and allies to stop the infection and save the city.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · contemporary urban setting · superhero world
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2013
Bucky Barnes tries to atone by helping ex-criminals start over, but one new case mirrors his own past too closely.
Why this is here
Setting labels: Marvel Universe · superhero world · espionage setting · street-level setting · motel rooms · backwater bars
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2020
Spider-Man and Black Cat team up to investigate a deadly drug case, then the story turns sharply into trauma and fallout.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · superhero reality · mainstream comics continuity · contemporary setting · street-level crime scene
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2029
Spider-Man faces a brutal revenge plot while juggling marriage, teaching, and an uneasy alliance with Black Cat.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Marvel universe · school setting · high school · urban setting · married adult life · post-high-school Peter Parker · science classroom · basketball team · theater commute
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2031
Captain Marvel’s worsening condition forces her into a high-stakes Avengers crossover tied to her past and identity.
Why this is here
Setting labels: New York City · Manhattan · Earth · Marvel Universe
Semantic match: ranked by setting
Distance: 0.2034
