By Alex Ness
July 13, 2026
Mike Baron has written hundreds of comics. And he has written 20 prose novels. He has created fandoms for his work, his humor, his imagination, with his ideas, words, and his ability to make his characters speak the way your mind would suggest they should. His works of fiction feel like truth, a concept known as Verisimilitude. As the Meriam Webster Dictionary says: Verisimilitude is the quality of seeming true, real, or believable.
Derived from the Latin verisimilitudo (meaning "likeness to truth"), it is most frequently used in literature, film, and art to describe the internal consistency and realism that makes a fictional world feel authentic to the audience. When you have a super powered slayer of Serial Killers, the ideal might be a balance between power and selfless obedience to the calling of the power. The Nexus character does not struggle over selfishness. He does not accept accolades of praise from those with less power. It feels righteous. As it would.
The works of Mike Baron are of high quality. The person behind the works, is generous, kind and thoughtful. The worth of his writing life for others as a mentor, a person and friend, is immense. I know people on both sides of the political divide who admire and call Mike a friend. He has his own values, none being knee-jerk reactions. In a world devoted to cancel culture, he doesn't make people stand in lines of allegiance to him or of various other political opinion. He is a good man, and one I am fortunate to know.
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