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Amazing—Ram V, Marco Checchetto
Spectacular—Tim Seeley, Javier Fernandez
Sensational—Saladin Ahmed, Dan Mora
Spider-Woman—Vita Ayala, Carmen Carnero
Black Cat—Leah Williams, Jan Bazaldua
Silver Sable—Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Rod Reis
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I'd like to see Morrison's Spider-Man out of curiosity, but not in 616 continuity. Morrison has expressed interest in regressing Peter to his avoidant-attachment style from the Ditko era, and was also a contributor to the Superman pitch that inspired OMD. 616 Spider-Man needs neither of those things right now. Also, I feel that a lot of the stuff that Morrison would have done with Spider-Man (mythicism, etc), JMS already did in the 2000s. His run always felt Morrison-esque to me, especially since it came out around the same time as Morrison's work on X-Men, Superman, and Batman.
For the Amazing book, Chip Zdarksy and Jonathan Hickman are currently my top two choices for writers.
In Zdarksy's case, he has been the best Spider-Man writer post-OMD, and while his Spectacular Spider-Man run was great, I get the sense he would have a lot more creative freedom on Amazing. The Spider-Man in his Amazing run would likely be similar to the Spider-Man in his Daredevil run. So he would have my vote.
As for Hickman, he's worked on the FF, the Avengers, and now X-Men, so Spider-Man seems like an obvious next choice. I don't know if he would want to work on a solo character, but Hickman seems like the perfect guy to undo OMD. He can write epic-in-scale stories, knows how to get philosophical in a way that isn't cringe, and is good at writing about family and marriage (as his FF run proved). You kinda need all of those things to undo the mess that is OMD, so he would also have my vote.
Off the top of my head, Tom Taylor and Dan Mora. I'm really liking Taylor's every man feel he's giving Nightwing, which kind of reminds me of Spidey and is the kind of approach I think should've been used on Nightwing from the start. Dan Mora just because he's amazing.
Keep in mind that you have about as much chance of changing my mind as I do of changing yours.
Leah Williams, AMJ was great and captured the vibe of Spidey great. Gomez or Baldeon on art full time would be great.
Writer: JM DeMatteis
Artist: Mark Bagley circa 1995
"Has Sariel summoned you here, Azrael? Have you come to witness the miracle of your brethren arriving on Earth?"
"I WILL MIX THE ASHES OF YOUR BONES WITH SALT AND USE THEM TO ENSURE THE EARTH THE TEMPLARS TILLED NEVER BEARS FRUIT AGAIN!"
"*sigh* I hoped it was for the miracle."
Dan Watters' Azrael was incredible, a constant delight and perhaps too good for this world (but not the Forth). For the love of St. Dumas, DC, give us more!!!
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If I'm allowed to dream, I'd get Straczynski back. Let him sort out the mess from BND forward and continue the story where he left it: May dying, Peter and MJ on the run.
As for artist, just take your pick among someone at the top (nobody who's been drawing the character in recent years on a regular basis).