Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29945610-20160911192924/@comment-61022-20160919135031

When we're talking about old comics from the 40s, there's not really any continuity to speak of. You're best off just reading them in order of publication date.

When you start getting into the "Modern Age" (anything from Fantastic Four #1 onward) that's where things get tricky, if you're legitimately going to try and read everything in the proper chronological order because there are countless flashback stories that are published after the fact that happen in different periods of time.

I would recommend that you read everything that was published in a specific year, then move to the next, and so on. That way you never really miss anything.