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Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost

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

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

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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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X-23, Vol. 1: Family Album

Mariko Tamaki · 2019 · X-23 (2018)

Laura Kinney returns to X-23, teaming with Gabby against clone chaos, psychic threats, and a family-sized mutant mess.

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Premise labels: clone protagonist · sister duo · family conflict · psychic antagonist · genetic experimentation · mutant hunting

Setting labels: superhero universe · X-Men setting · school setting · lab setting · clone sci-fi

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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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Ultimate Fantastic Four, Volume 1: The Fantastic

Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar, Adam Kubert · 2007 · Ultimate Fantastic Four (2003) (Collected Editions)

A modern Ultimate Universe reboot follows four gifted teens as a science experiment changes their lives and forms a new team.

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

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

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Wolverine: Weapon X

Barry Windsor-Smith · 1994 · Marvel Comics Presents (1988)

A mutant is abducted into a secret experiment that turns him into a weapon through brutal body-horror science.

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Premise labels: origin story · weaponization · human experimentation · secret program · kidnapping · dehumanization · body horror · scientific horror

Setting labels: laboratory · research complex · military facility · underground facility · claustrophobic setting · dark setting · science fiction setting · modern setting

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X-23, Vol. 1: The Killing Dream

Marjorie M. Liu · 2011 · X-23 (2010) (Collected Editions)

A traumatized mutant clone leaves the X-Men to find herself, but her past and a strange mission keep chasing her.

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Premise labels: former weapon · self-discovery · traumatized antihero · runaway hero · solo mission · identity crisis · body autonomy · weaponized clone

Setting labels: mutant team setting · island base · Utopia · laboratory past · hellscape · X-Men universe · present-day superhero continuity

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Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan

J. Michael Straczynski · 2013 · Before Watchmen

Three Watchmen prequel stories follow Nite Owl, Dr. Manhattan, and Moloch through backstory, time, and fallout.

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Premise labels: prequel · origin story · character backstory · multiple protagonists · alternate possibilities · crime investigation · superhero mythos

Setting labels: superhero universe · urban crime setting · time-spanning narrative · nonlinear time · quantum reality

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Distance: 0.2277

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Venom vs. Carnage

Peter Milligan · 2008 · Venom vs. Carnage

A new symbiote is born amid a violent family struggle, forcing its host to choose between corruption and control.

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Premise labels: symbiote origin · birth story · alien offspring · superhero-villain conflict · family rivalry · host possession

Setting labels: New York · superhero universe · Spider-Man universe · comic-book reality

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Distance: 0.2285

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Volume 1: Change is Constant

Kevin Eastman · 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2011)

A rebooted TMNT origin follows the brothers’ split, their missing sibling, and a new threat rising in New York.

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Premise labels: reboot · origin story · missing sibling · found family · mutant heroes · street-level adventure · team split · team reunion · laboratory experiment · mutagen accident · new continuity

Setting labels: New York City · sewers · street level · laboratory · underground hideout · urban fantasy · contemporary setting · science experiment setting

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Vol. 1: BFF

Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder · 2016 · Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

A preteen genius tries to stop her own transformation, but a time-lost dinosaur turns her plan into chaos and friendship.

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Premise labels: young genius · dinosaur sidekick · time travel · hidden powers · identity struggle · fear of transformation · misfit protagonist · science adventure

Setting labels: modern-day New York · Marvel Universe · school setting · secret lab · prehistoric past · time-displaced · comic-book reality

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Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories

Zack Whedon · 2010

A short, funny prequel comic anthology expands the backstories and early clashes of Dr. Horrible, Captain Hammer, and friends.

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Premise labels: prequel · origin stories · character backstory · supplementary lore · villain origin · hero origin · ensemble vignettes

Setting labels: fictional superhero world · comic-book universe · urban setting · before the main story

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Absolute Promethea, Book One

Alan Moore · 2009 · Absolute Promethea

A college student’s research into a mythic heroine pulls her into an occult, reality-bending role as Promethea.

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Premise labels: origin story · identity transformation · living embodiment · imagination magic · occult quest · superhero myth

Setting labels: futuristic New York · alternate reality · near-future · metaphysical realm · afterlife · collective unconscious · mythic reality

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Distance: 0.2337

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