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Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar, Adam Kubert

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Premise labels used: origin story, team origin, superhero origin, science experiment, young geniuses, family team

Setting labels used: alternate universe, secret school, government-run facility, science campus, modernized setting, young adulthood, high school

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Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters

Robert Kirkman · 2021 · Invincible

A teen discovers his inherited superpowers and learns to juggle school, family, and crime-fighting in a busy superhero world.

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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

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Distance: 0.1899

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Teen Titans: Earth One, Volume 1

Jeff Lemire · 2014 · Teen Titans: Earth One

In an alternate DC world, a group of teens discovers shared powers, hidden origins, and a conspiracy behind their families.

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Premise labels: teen superhero team · alternate origin · shared origin · powers awakening · family secrets · experimentation conspiracy · team formation · alien DNA

Setting labels: Earth One · alternate universe · small town · high school · Oregon · Central Oregon · New Mexico · reservation setting · contemporary setting · fictionalized modern world

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Distance: 0.1936

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Ultimate Iron Man, Vol. 1

Orson Scott Card · 2006 · Ultimate Iron Man (Collected Editions)

In the Ultimate Universe, Tony Stark’s origin is radically reworked into a dark, science-heavy coming-of-age tale.

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Premise labels: alternate origin · reimagined superhero origin · boy genius · genetic mutation · child prodigy · armored hero · family legacy · scientific backstory

Setting labels: Ultimate Universe · Marvel Universe · alternate continuity · gifted school · corporate rivalry · science lab

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Distance: 0.1944

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Invincible, Compendium One

Robert Kirkman · 2011 · Invincible

A teenage hero grows into his powers while his family, friends, and world are pulled into a far bigger conflict.

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Premise labels: teen superhero · hero origin · superhero life · father son conflict · secret identity · alien heritage · power awakening · cost of heroism · world-saving double life

Setting labels: high school · teen life · superhero world · alternate Earth · space travel · alien empire · multiple worlds · alternate dimensions · universe-spanning

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Distance: 0.1976

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The Flash: Year One

Joshua Williamson · 2019 · The Flash (2016)

Barry Allen’s first year as the Flash gets retold through a lightning strike, a future self, and a battle with the Turtle.

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Premise labels: origin story · superhero origin · forensic scientist · speed powers · new powers · villain confrontation · time travel · future self · heroic legacy · first year

Setting labels: Central City · modern-day · future dystopia · alternate timeline · multiverse · DC Universe · science-fiction reality

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Distance: 0.2013

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All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault

James Alan Gardner · 2017 · Dark/Spark

Four college roommates gain superpowers in a weird alternate Canada and must stop a mad scheme while becoming heroes.

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Premise labels: superhero origin story · monsters vs heroes · lab accident · secret identities · team formation · mad genius scheme · light vs dark · college students · accidental powers

Setting labels: alternate Earth · Canada · Ontario · Waterloo · university campus · college town · urban fantasy world · parallel world · near-contemporary · science-and-magic world

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Distance: 0.2140

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X-23: Innocence Lost

Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost · 2006 · X-23 (2005)

A young female clone is raised as a living weapon, and her creator’s remorse shapes a brutal escape story.

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Premise labels: origin story · clone creation · child assassin · weaponization · escape story · genetic experiment · coming of age

Setting labels: laboratory · secret project · New York · mutant universe · scientific facility · experimental reality · early 2000s comics

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Distance: 0.2150

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Ultimate X-Men, Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People

Mark Millar, Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert · 2002 · Ultimate X-Men (2001) (Collected Editions)

In a modern alternate universe, mutant youths gather under Xavier while Magneto and the government push the world toward war.

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Premise labels: mutant uprising · genetic mutation · secret war · human-mutant conflict · school for mutants · government crackdown · superteam rivalry · reimagined origin · recruitment story · world on the brink

Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate universe · modern America · Earth-like world · secret-government world · school setting · global setting · urban setting

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Distance: 0.2171

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X-23: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1

Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Jay Faerber, Marjorie M. Liu, Simon Spurrier · 2016 · X-23: The Complete Collection

A cloned teenage assassin escapes her creators and fights to claim an identity beyond violence and control.

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Premise labels: origin story · clone protagonist · living weapon · escape narrative · identity quest · found family · coming of age

Setting labels: secret facility · Marvel Universe · San Francisco · superhero continuity · teen years · laboratory setting · urban setting · science experiment

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Distance: 0.2197

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Hawkeye, Volume 5: All-New Hawkeye

Jeff Lemire · 2015 · Hawkeye (2012-2016) (Collected Editions)

Two Hawkeyes juggle a rescue mission and Clint’s troubled past as old wounds and new dangers collide.

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Premise labels: superhero team-up · archer heroes · child rescue · experimental children · moral dilemma · origin story · coming-of-age · mentor story

Setting labels: Marvel Universe · superhero world · contemporary setting · flashback childhood setting · circus setting · foster home setting · urban mission setting · research facility setting

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Distance: 0.2257

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Superman: Year One

Frank Miller, John Romita Jr. · 2019 · Superman: Year One

A reimagined Superman origin follows Clark from Krypton to Kansas, the Navy, Atlantis, and Metropolis.

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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

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Distance: 0.2262

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Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story

Nicole Maines · 2024

A trans teen heroine inherits dream powers meant for her sister and runs toward acceptance, family, and destiny.

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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

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Distance: 0.2300

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