Eh, given Johns' tendency to suddenly revert into the utmost cliched crap after having a really intriguing buildup, I'll take a little clunky exposition any day. Ordway at least hasn't flopped on the mildly intriguing buildup he's giving us...yet.
Besides, if Ordway's only got two issues and not a whole arc like I originally thought, heavy exposition is going to kind of be a requirement.