Amen.
The author is a comics nerd, for what it's worth. Deku's "weakling hero is gifted super strength" is like Captain America's backstory, Iida's "family of speedsters spanning generations" is sort of like the Flash.
The manga even has English sfx alongside the Japanese sfx; Horikoshi's fluent in English.
Which is why this series is so good.
MHA feels like a celebration of both western comics and Manga.