Since the anime series began airing on Adult Swim in 2016, My Hero Academia has become a big hit in the United States. Halloween costumes of All Might can be found in stores around the country, and the fanbase for the show is still growing. The series, about a superpowered student named Izuku Midoriya who attends U.A. High School - a school for superpowered kids - while also dealing with the evil All For One, has all the makings of a great superhero story.
And if you, like millions of others, love My Hero Academia, there are countless comic books that you will probably enjoy. They aren't all exactly like My Hero Academia, but they share elements with the anime that can fill the gap between season. Some of these 10 series are for all ages, but others may be a little more on the mature side.
10 X-Men
This whole list could just be X-Men books, but that wouldn't be very fair. From the early days when the X-Men were made up of Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Iceman, and Beast to today's team with dozens of members across a number of series, the X-Men comics have almost always kept the same concept at its center - superpowered heroes learning to use their abilities better.
Until recently, the X-Men called the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters their home, and it was there that mutant students were able to train in peace, away from the prying eyes of the world. From the X-Men to X-Force, New Mutants, and beyond, there are hundreds of stories ready for you to read.
9 Legion of Super-Heroes
One thousand years in the future, the DC Universe is protected by a team of teenaged heroes known as the Legion of Super-Heroes. Charged with protecting the worlds that make up the United Planets, the Legion of Super-Heroes is filled with all the superpowered action and teen drama a reader could ask for.
Since they first debuted in 1958, the Legion of Super-Heroes has gone through a number of iterations, but the foundation of the story has stayed consistent. With dozens of members, you never know who will live and who will die in a story, or who will be dating who or who will even be the leader of the Legion - they used to have regular elections that used to be decided by the readers!
8 Teen Titans
The best-known superhero team of DC Comics, the Teen Titans were created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani, but it was Marv Wolfman and George Perez who brought this group of teenaged heroes to the next level. Usually led by a Robin, the team has gone through a number of members and tragedies, but they always come back together to face off against the evils of the DC Universe.
In the early 1980s, Teen Titans was DC's biggest series, under the watchful eyes of Wolfman and Perez, the crew of heroes changed comics forever.
7 Young Justice
There are so many teen heroes in the DC Universe that they need three teams to keep them all busy! Young Justice usually consists of Robin, the Conner Kent version of Superboy, Impulse, and Wonder Girl along with various groupings of other teen heroes like Teen Lantern, Naomi, the Wonder Twins, and Jinny Hex.
Sadly, the latest Young Justice comic is coming to an end with issue #20, but the popular Young Justice animated series has been renewed for a fourth season that will air exclusively on HBO Max.
6 Top 10
Written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Gene Ha and Zander Cannon Top 10 is set in the city of Neopolis in a world where almost everyone has superpowers. The series follows the day to day lives of police officer Robyn "Toybox" Slinger, her partner Jeff Smax, and the other members of Precinct 10.
The series follows the precinct as they deal with everything from a war happening between superpowered mice and a Galactus like cat (named Galactapus) in an apartment to the search for a serial killer called Libra. Top 10 is filled with endless easter eggs for comic book and sci-fi fans.
5 Invincible
While Robert Kirkman is best known for The Walking Dead, he also created one of the most interesting superhero comics of the century along with artists Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley. Invincible tells the story of 17-year-old Markus Sebastian Grayson, the son of Omni-Man, the greatest hero in the world. When Markus finally gets powers of his own, he becomes the superhero Invincible and soon learns that the world of heroics isn't as fun as he thought it would be.
Invincible ended with issue #144, but an animated series is set to premiere on Amazon Prime later this year - though no definite date has been set just yet. The series will have an all-star voice cast, including Steven Yeun, Mark Hamill, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Zazie Beetz, and Jason Mantzoukas.
4 Runaways
When a group of teens learns that their parents are all supervillains, they run away and form their own superhero team. Created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona for Marvel Comics, Runaways introduced a number of new teen heroes to the MCU, each with their own special powers and style.
Over the years there have been a number of Runaways series released by Marvel, with the fifth volume by Rainbow Rowell and Andres Genolet currently on hiatus but not canceled. There was also a live-action Runaways series that ran for three seasons.
3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
One of the best known independent comics of all time, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles started off as a violent black and white comic before turning into a popular kid's animated series and a blockbuster live-action movie.
Since they first debuted in 1984, the Turtles have consistently been a part of the pop culture world with a number of comics, animated series, video games, and movies. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles capture the anime energy of My Hero Academia but goes its own way, and with so many versions of the Turtles, there's a comic that will work for everyone.
2 Ms. Marvel
In My Hero Academia, Izuku Midoriya starts off as a powerless teen who is obsessed with superheroes, keeping a notebook with information on each hero. He dreamed of going to U.A. High School and being a hero, but it didn't seem like his dreams would come true. While his parents had powers, Izuku did not. Luckily for Izuku, All Might changed all that.
Marvel's Kamala Khan, better known as Mrs. Marvel, was a lot like Izuku. Living in New Jersey, she was a big fan of the superheroes, following their exploits across the Earth and the universe and dreaming of joining them. When she gained her powers, Kamala was able to meet her idols, and sometimes she has trouble hiding her fangirl side.
1 Ultimate Spider-Man
Brian Michael Bendis' epic told across multiple series in the Marvel Ultimate Universe, Ultimate Spider-Man and the follow-up series Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man which introduced the world to Miles Morales ran for a combined 200 issues and told the tale of a young Peter Parker as he became Spider-Man and did his best to make the world a better place.
Bendis was joined on the two series by artists Mark Bagley, Stuart Immonen, David Lafuente and Sara Pichelli - who co-created Miles Morales with Bendis. When the Ultimate Universe was shut down, Miles was moved to the main Marvel Universe. Miles Morales went on to be the main character in the Academy Award-winning film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.