Quote Originally Posted by Infernus View Post
is that a serious answer, do i not need to read 1-678?
Semi-serious answer. With publisher owned comics I would say you almost never need to read the whole run to understand recent issues (especially long running titles like Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four). The best place (imo) to jump in long running titles is to start at the beginning of a writer's run. However there are usually other good jumping on places such as the beginning of a new story arc. (Btw Daredevil #9 is the beginning of a new arc) Marvel recently started the "Point One" initiative where certain comics were give a .1 after the issue number to denote a jump on point for new readers.

So yeah if you're interested in Spider-Man, you might like to check out Amazing Spider-Man #679.1. The reason I said "semi-serious" is because I'm not sure what you're into and I've never read Y: The Last Man so I'm not sure if ASM would interest you.