In the wake of ', writer Geoff Johns returned Hal Jordan as Green Lantern in ' (2004–05). Johns began to lay the groundwork for "Blackest Night" (released July 13, 2010), viewing it as the third part of the trilogy started by "Rebirth". Expanding on the Green Lantern mythology in the second part, "Sinestro Corps War" (2007), Johns, with artist Ethan van Sciver, found wide critical acclaim and commercial success with the series, which promised the introduction of a spectrum of colored "lanterns".