The weekend is almost here and there was a large mix of news yesterday.  Below is what you might have missed as you were celebrating the summer.

Around the Blogs:

The Comics Journal – The Comics Code Revisited, Part 1 – A great review of some important history.

Kotaku – Spider-Man Dies, I Think, but, hey, Warren Spector’s Writing DuckTales and there’s a Phoenix Wright Manga – Kotaku highlights this week’s new releases.

The Beat – Kittens or Keffiyehs? The truth behind Superman #712 – The company made it through admirably the past controversies, so to scrap this story just makes no sense.

Con Coverage:

Geekweek – LOCKE AND KEY Pilot Will Play At SDCC

Bleeding Cool – San Diego Comic Con 2011 Updateable Programming List

Bleeding Cool – Britain And The Phillippines Invade San Diego Comic Con

IGN – No Avengers Panel at Comic-Con

MTV Geek – Dark Horse Announces Their SDCC-Exclusive Domo Figure!

Around the Tubes Reviews:

HPL’s Graphic Novel Guide – American Born Chinese

The Alternative – Falling Skies Vols. 1 – 4

IGN – Flashpoint: The Reverse Flash #1

IGN – Flashpoint: Kid Flash – Lost #1

Opinions of a Wolf – I Kill Giants

MTV Geek – Soul Eater Vol. 6

IGN – Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160

CBR – Witch Doctor #1

Complex – Spider-Man Dies This Week! Do You Need To Know Anything Else?

Martin’s View – Comic Books of the Week (6/15/11)

Comicvine – Comic Book Reviews For The Week of 6/17/11