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Characterization labels used: ensemble cast, legacy crew, female lead, musician, communications officer, doctor character, trickster, Mary Sue, competent heroine, original character, supporting-cast focus, in-character portrayal

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Carnival

Una McCormack · 2021 · Firefly

A simple security job during a desert carnival collapses into a ransom crisis, forcing Serenity’s crew into a desperate race to save two of their own.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · crew dynamics · spot-on voices · faithful characterization · hidden talents · competent professionals · grumpy leader · soldierly character · doctor character · preacher character · gambler character · secretive past · character study · out-of-character moments · character development

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 4: The Tempest

Alan Moore · 2019 · The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s final LOEG volume throws every era of comics, fiction, and pop culture into one apocalyptic mashup.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · strong female leads · veteran characters · superheroes · spies · villainous antagonist · forgotten creators · immortal characters · retirement-age heroes · satirical depictions

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Distance: 0.2170

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Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation², Volume 1

Scott Tipton, David Tipton, Tony Lee · 2012 · Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation²

The Doctor and the Enterprise crew unite when two iconic cybernetic enemies forge a galaxy-threatening alliance.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · iconic characters · in-character dialogue · fan service · strong characterization · doctor as catalyst · command figure · supporting companions · villain alliance · time-sensitive characters

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Distance: 0.2237

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Star Trek: Lower Decks―Warp Your Own Way

Ryan North · 2024 · Star Trek: Lower Decks

A Lower Decks interactive graphic novel where every choice spins Mariner into new disasters, clues, and looping outcomes.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · female lead · competent underdog · chaotic protagonist · confused protagonist · comic relief · faithful characterization · in-character dialogue · incompetent crew

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Distance: 0.2297

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Phobos 4

Victor Dixen · 2017 · Phobos

After a perilous mission, the last survivors of Genesis face fame, scrutiny, and secrets that could upend everything again.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · female protagonist · morally complex characters · flawed characters · character development · survivor characters · media-facing characters · public figures

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Distance: 0.2311

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The Wounded Sky

Diane Duane · 1986 · Star Trek: The Original Series

The Enterprise tests a radical faster-than-warp drive and risks unraveling space, time, and reality itself.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · competent crew · alien scientist · nonhuman character · bridge crew · cerebral characters · emotionally resonant characters · in-character portrayal

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Distance: 0.2355

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Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde

Libby Spurrier, Robert Louis Stevenson · 2018

A full-cast modern audio retelling follows a female doctor whose experiment splits her dark and light sides in London.

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Characterization labels: female scientist · charming doctor · dual personality · party girl · secretly reckless · lawyer protagonist · aging male protagonist · full cast ensemble

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Distance: 0.2356

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910

Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill · 2009 · The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century

A new League navigates 1910 London while an occult apocalypse, a dying pirate legacy, and a buried serial-murder thread converge.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: ensemble cast · immortal characters · gender-shifting character · occult detective · master thief · rejuvenated hero · female heir · secret service operative · reformed thief · dysfunctional team

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Distance: 0.2369

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What Makes Us Mighty

M.K. England · 2022 · Firefly

A Serenity job on a wealthy planet turns into a revolution when Zoë senses trouble in a duke’s seemingly generous court.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · spot-on voices · strong female characters · misogynist antagonist · reluctant hero · soldier · companion · doctor · wandering priest · outsider · fanservice characterization · expanded River characterization · expanded Book characterization · expanded Simon characterization · PTSD portrayal · competent leaders

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Alice in Borderland, vol. 5

Haro Aso · 2022 · Alice in Borderland 2-in-1 Omnibus

A survivor and his allies face deadly team games in a parallel world, while side stories reveal how others entered Borderland.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · new characters · side character focus · character development · survivor mentality · strategic thinker · strong female characters · morally compromised characters · antagonist focus

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Distance: 0.2382

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The Becoming

Jessica Meigs · 2011 · The Becoming

Three survivors race across a collapsing Southeast as a virus turns people into violent infected—and may hide a bigger threat.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · strong female lead · military-trained survivors · cop protagonist · paramedic character · flawed protagonists · reluctant leader · character-driven

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Distance: 0.2385

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The High Country

John Jackson Miller · 2023 · Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

A Star Trek rescue mission strands Pike's crew on a tech-hostile frontier world where survival, ethics, and rebellion collide.

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Characterization labels: ensemble cast · captain protagonist · resourceful heroine · competent officer · cadet · scientific officer · supporting crew · missing character · cowboy persona · cowboy hero · survival skills · leadership under pressure · character voices

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