The sad thing is, when Johns is on, he's ON. His good stuff is very, very good.
Sadly, it's a direct correlation to his stuff when he's off. Then it's almost physical pain inducing.
And yeah.... Morrison's idea was one of his, "Okay Grant, lay off the hard stuff for a while, because that's really stupid" ones. That Johns is running with it when it SHOULD be quietly left in a corner and forgotten just makes it worse.