| Issue | #173 |
| Published | February 1991 |
| Cover Price | $1.00 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Jim Salicrup |
| Characters | Spider-Man; Dr. Octopus; Kristy Watson; Aunt May; Mary Jane Parker |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Sal Buscema |
| Inks | Sal Buscema |
| Characters | Spider-Man; Dr. Octopus; Aunt May; Willie Lumpkin; Mary Jane Parker; Kristy Watson; Nick Katzenberg; Twitch; Glory Grant; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Betty Brant; Lance; Kate Cushing |
| Synopsis | Christmas Issue, Peter dunks Katzenberg in the punch bowl at the Daily Bugle Christmas party. Spidey arrives at the family gathering at Aunt May's to find Dr. Octopus peeking through the window. They clash until Aunt May comes outside, Doc Ock leaves so as not to disturb May, the only person who was ever kind to him. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Gerry Conway [plot ] [script pages 1-5]; David Michelinie [script pages 6-22] |
| Pencils | Sal Buscema |
| Inks | Sal Buscema |
| Colors | Bob Sharen |
| Letters | Rick Parker |