I can't help but agree on that, the lore of the Magpie had more to it than most of what we've read in previous shadowman runs, which didn't really add much substance to Jack as a character
that book was all over the place
frankly I've been having this feeling that Lemire pulls his punches when he writes Bloodshot, his other materials usually have better a standard of writing.
to be fair, might be the fact that he stretches himself thin, still tho, I find that strange. so far the arc has redeeming qualities that keeps me reeding, like the artwork and setting giving off a strong 'Mad Max' feel, Ray and Magic's relationship, old Ninjak being cool, but like you I sincerely hope we get a better resolution to the story in this arc
Weirdly, I was more hype that the main character is the girl from Stranger Things for some reason.