Peter Parker hears about a new prophet in the park, and goes to visit him–as a news story.
It’s X-Man. He discloses Peter’s identity…
Then they do superheroing together and Peter has him over for Christmas dinner.
Yes, it’s the Christmas issue. Even The Rose gets into the spirit.
The “true identity” of Black Tarantula–who seems to be in Argentina–is being kept mysterious but let’s be honest, we’ve been here before. With Hobgoblin. More than twice with Hobgoblin, actually. With Rose. With Tom DeFalco. And it consistently is disappointing.