Gallery from “We Can Be Heroes” Press Conference

Earlier today, DC Entertainment announced “We Can Be Heroes,” an unprecedented giving campaign to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.

Below, check out a gallery of images from this morning’s press conference announcing “We Can Be Heroes” at the Time Warner Center in New York City.

And to read what people have been saying so far about “We Can Be Heroes,” visit VARIETY, DEADLINE, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, WALL STREET JOURNAL’s MARKETWATCH, THE WASHINGTON POST’s COMIC RIFFS, MASHABLE, MTV GEEK, COMINGSOON.NET, THE SACRAMENTO BEE, DIGITAL JOURNAL, BROADCAST NEWSROOM, COMIC BOOK RESOURCES, COMICS ALLIANCE, NEWSARAMA, COMIC VINE, COMICBOOK.COM, COMICS BEAT, COMICMIX, ICV2 and SCIENCEFICTION.COM.

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Gallery captions from left to right:

Cokie Roberts, Save the Children

Cokie Roberts, Save the Children (2)

We Can Be Heroes Press Conference

Cokie Roberts and Diane Nelson

DC Entertainment execs Geoff Johns_Diane Nelson_Jim Lee

Barry Meyer, Diane Nelson, Jeff Robinov

Diane Nelson, Jeff Robinov

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Jeff Bewkes, Chairman & CEO, TimeWarner

Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, WarnerBros

Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros Pictures Group

Diane Nelson, President, DC Entertainment

We Can Be Heroes Press Conference 3

Dr. George Rupp, Neal Keny-Guyer, Diane Nelson

Speakers at DC Entertainment We Can Be Heroes Event (Group members from left to right: Dr. George Rupp, President & CEO, International Rescue Committee, Jeff Bewkes, Chairman & CEO Time Warner, Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros, Jeff Robinov, President Warner Bros Pictures Group, Diane Nelson, President, DC Entertainment, Dr. Maura O'Neill, Senior Counselor and Chief Innovation Officer, USAID, Cokie Roberts, Save the Children Trustee and Political Commentator for ABC News, Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO Mercy Corps)

(Everybody’s Talkin’ About) DC COMICS-THE NEW 52, Friday Morning (ET) Edition 

MCCLATCHEY revealed that beginning with issue#7, fan-favorite Ann Nocenti would be taking over as the writer for GREEN ARROW. The news has since been reported on by various other outlets including IGN, THE SACRAMENTO BEE, COMIC BOOK RESOURCES and IFANBOY.

Over at MTV GEEK, there's an exclusive first look at NIGHTWING #2 by Kyle Higgins, Eddy Barrows, J.P. Mayer and Paulo Siqueira.

Meanwhile, DC Entertainment has announced an exclusive partnership with General Mills cereals. In specially marked boxes of various Big G cereals such as Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Golden Grahams, Honey Nut Cheerios, Lucky Charms and Trix, custom JUSTICE LEAGUE comic books will be made available. For more information, check out THE NEW YORK TIMES, ICV2 and ROBOT 6’s coverage of the announcement.

To be continued …

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