This week’s top comics to buy for April 16 is au pure a reflection as we’ve had in a while that grown-up ’80s kids are now running the comics asylum. You’ve Got Great Comics Featuring Ninja Turtles and Gi Joes, Those Old Champions of the ’80s Toy Shelves. And you’ve got a new superman special, which while not ace Closely Associated with the ’80s, The’ 80s were Nice decade for superman, with the decade opening on the relaase of Superman II.

So Yeah, It’s Fun for Us Late Gen-X/Elder Millennial Types To Be Getting New Comics With Those Old Characters We’ve Known Most Our Lives. One Oher Thing Before I Get Into This Week’s Full Recs and Release Lists: This was annother great Week for DC. I EDED UP SETTLING ON THE Summer of Superman Special As my top pick from the publisher, but books like Challengers of the Unknown, New Gods, Nightwingand Wonder Woman Could All Just Have Easily Have Gotten The Nod. Strong Stuff. Anyway, Onto The usual lists … Enjoy!

TOP COMICS TO BUY FOR April 16

Gi Joe: A Real American Hero – Silent Missions – Spirit #1
Writer/Artist: Leonardo Romero
Colorist: Cris Peter
Publisher: Image Comics – Skybound
The Face of Comic Books Changed Forever When Gi Joe: A Real American Hero #21 Introduced Fans to The “Silent Interlude,” An Action-Packed Story With No Dialogue. Now, in a Standalone Silent Issue from Leonardo Romero (Birds of Prey), The Iconic Gi Joe Duo of Spirit and Freedom Investigate Mysterious Disappearances in a Nearby Forest, Only to Discover a Grotesque charges Experiment …
WHY IT’S COOL: This book is part of a series of one-shots from Skybound’s Gi Joe: A Real American Hero seriespaying homage to Larry Hama’s Famous Silent Comic, The Original Gi Joe: A Real American Hero #21. A Couple of The Others Have Popped Up In This Space, and Now It’s Spirit’s Turn. This Book Is Just Fantastic, Written and Illustrated by The Great Leonardo Romero with colors by Cris Peter. I assist From The Great Visual Storytelling in these Books, They’ve All Just Felt Like Incredible Standalone One-Shot Tales with Characters you May have Known Most of Your Life. It’s great.
Price: $ 3.99

Summer of Superman Special #1
Writers: Mark Waid, Dan Slott, and Josh Williamson
Artist: Jorge Jimenez (with finishes by Belen Ortega in Chapter 3), With Dan Mora
Colorist: Tomeu Morey
Letterer: Dave Sharpe
Publisher: DC Comics
This Special Oversize Issue Will set the Stage for All The Major Events Exploding The Superman Titles! When John Henry Irons and Lana Lang Take Their Vows, Everyone Up for the Big Day – But Trouble Is Brewing On The Horizon, As Threats From The Past, Present, and Future Kick Off Major New Conflicts for The Superman Family. Bought to Stunning Life by the incomparable Art of Jorge Jimenez (Batman, Super Sons), The Summer of Superman Special is The Ground Floor to the Most Expith Action Imaginable In 2025!
WHY IT’S COOL: For Me, One of the Continued Draws of Superhero Comics is They Remind Just A Little Bit of What It was like to readse thirts as a kid … and This is always the musty when one of the big 2 serves up a giant-sized spects that meant to set to set the stne the stne the stne for more stories. And we get a great one of those this week with Summer of Superman #1, In which we get the Three Writers Who Are Going To Be Working On Big Superman Stories in The Near Future Kicking Their Ideas Off. What Makes It All The More Impresive is They Do It Through One Long Coherent Story with Shared Art, Making for A satisfying story on its own merits too.
Price: $ 5.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Juan Ferreyra
Letterer: Shawn Lee
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Donnie’s on the Edge! Eleven the most reliable and Risk Averse of the Tmnt, Donatello’s Mind Is Spinning Out of Control Follow Violent Stay In Captivity. Fortunately His Brothers Are There To Protect Him From The Army of Foot Clan Ninjas Bent On Destroying Them All, But How Can The Ninja Turtles Save Donatello from The “Voice” of Their Master Splinter That Donnie Insists He’s Hearing in His Head!?
WHY IT’S COOL: It may be the Summer of Superman but we’re already deep into the year of Turtles, with the long-running series launching a new Superstar Creative Team of Writer Jason Aaron and Artist Juan Ferreyra. Ferreyra Is Among My Favorite Artists in Monthly Comics, and He’s Doing Absolutely Fantastic Work as This Series continues to explore Plot Points Set Up In ITS Opening Issues. This One was great, With Fun Leonardo Narration and An Exploration of What’s Going On With Donatello.
Price: $ 4.99

Ultimate Wolverine #4
Writer: Chris Condon
Artist: Alessandro Cappuccio
Colorist: Bryan Valenza
Letterer: Cory Petit
Wolverine’s Confrontation with Kitty Pryde and Gambit Leaves Him Dissorient, Violent and Questioning His Maker’s Council Overlords … Who is “Logan”?
WHY IT’S COOL: This Book is almost an ultra violent puzzle box, wherein the clues are Knowledge of X-Continuit. This Issue Zeroes in the Primal Nature of its Brain-Fried Winter Soldier Wolverine In A Well-Drawn Sequence That Leads US To Yet Another Big Reveal That Moves Us Forward Plot-Wise. I Really Like How Comic Has Felt Buch Action-Packed and Patient, Elevating It Up With The Ultimates and Ultimate Spider-Man AS ONE OF THE MUST-READS OF THIS LINE.
Price: $ 4.99

Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums #2
Writer/Artist/Letterer: Stan Sakai
Colorist: HI-FI Color Design
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
A Group of the Shogun’s Men Are Found Slain in the Plum Tree Forest, and The Only Survivor is a Young Village Girl Reeling in Shock from The Attack. Usagi, Yukichi, and Gen Aging to Help Protect the Plum Trees and Prevent More Tragedy from Befalling The Locals, But Will Their Swords Be Enough? The Latest Usagi Story Continues!
WHY IT’S COOL: Up there with Death and Taxes, One of the Things you can count on life is that Usagi Yojimbo Comics Will Always Always Always be good. This new arc – Ten Thousand Plums – Is not only good; IT’s Downright Excellent. With Nice Twists and Hints of Horror Storytelling, Usagi Yojimbo Is Better Than It has been as years, Making It One of the Comics I Most Look forward to Reading Each Month and A NO-BRAINER DECISION FOR THIS LIST OF TOP COMICS TO BUY FOR APRIL 16.
Price: $ 4.99