The first appearance of a character in comic book form is often the most valuable issue featuring that character. It's a nice place to get started in My Hero Academia, if it's within your budget. For manga, we list the first appearance of the English language release in North America.

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• MY HERO ACADEMIA [2015-DIG] VOL 01  (1st appearance of My Hero Academia (English language release in North America))

Series beginnings are always great places to get started in comic books. Here is the Main Publication History for My Hero Academia comic books.

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• MY HERO ACADEMIA [2015-DIG] #1-  (flagship series)
• ONE-PUNCH MAN/MY HERO ACADEMIA FREE COMIC BOOK DAY [2016]
• MY HERO ACADEMIA/RWBY FREE COMIC BOOK DAY [2018]
• MY HERO ACADEMIA: VIGILANTES [2018-DIG] #1-  (spin-off series)
• MY HERO ACADEMIA/PROMISED NEVERLAND FREE COMIC BOOK DAY [2019]
• MY HERO ACADEMIA: SCHOOL BRIEFS [2019-DIG] #1-  (*prose* short stories featuring the everyday school lives of fan-favorite characters)
• MY HERO ACADEMIA: SMASH!! [2019-DIG] #1-  (re-imagined parody series with chibi-like characters)

In modern comic publishing, it's common (and expected) for individual comic book issues to be collected into compilations of trade paperbacks and/or hardcovers, as well as other special compilations. Unlike the individual source issues, the collected editions typically stay in print for long periods and are less 'collectible.' If individual issues are out of reach or are not of interest to you or if you just need reading copies, the following collected editions of My Hero Academia comic books are the most recent in-print editions and are the perfect alternative to get started right away with My Hero Academia. The following compilations are presented in a suggested reading order with softcover editions before any hardcover editions.