Blood of the Demon #16 - DC

Ok, I'll admit I'm a huge John Byrne fan. Have been for a long time. And I'll also admit that I'll usually pick up anything that has his name on it. Which is a lot of stuff seeing as how he goes from project to project. This is also alot of what he is criticized about, because a lot of people feel that he doesn't always stick with a project long enough to make a real impact. I can see their point, however most of the time he also breathes new life into a character and sets up a greater challenge for whatever creative team follows him. Now, I do like the Demon. And I really think that John is doing an especially good job with this book in developing his supporting cast. However, the story is starting to get really muddled. And I kind of think that he's doing it on purpose, as if that's the point. But, I really don't see where we're going with this. The original Demon/Jason Blood was supposedly killed a couple of issues ago. So his merry band of followers went back into his past, the wild-wild-west specifically, to get a little younger version and get him to help pull their collective butts out of the fire. Many fires actually. So to start out we have a Jason Blood that's being tortured by someone trying to find the Demon. Then we have Merlin bringing back the Demon duplicate. But this one obviously doesn't have the soul of Jason Blood. However, after a big battle with some demons, this Demon turns on his helpers and they say the enchantment that turns him back into Jason Blood. ???? How, if he doesn't have his soul??? Then we find another Demon (3 so far) that, after having all his limbs cut off, has been being held captive. However, in typical Demon fashion, his limbs have grown back and he's ready to turn the tables on his captors. On the last page all three have finally caught up to each other and are about to begin the battle royale. So, who's who? Which one's real, which one's the duplicate? How did they all three get to be in the same place? Where's Jason Blood in all this? He appears to have been in all 3. There isn't some gay subtext going on here, is there? I don't know, it's all very confusing. Hopefully this sorts itself out in the next issue or 2, cause I'm really lost.