Mike Baron entered the comics industry with an illustrated text piece in Weird Trips Magazine #1 (March 1974) published by Kitchen Sink Press.

[2] In 1981, he published his first formal comics script with Nexus, the science fiction title he co-created with illustrator Steve Rude; the series garnered numerous honors, including Eisner Awards for both creators.

[5] Baron has also written numerous other mainstream characters including Batman and several Star Wars adaptations for Dark Horse Comics.

Liberty Island Press has since released six Josh Pratt novels, along with Baron's Disco, a story about a boy and his dog.

In independent comics, Mike Baron has created Florida Man, Thin Blue Line, Private American, Bronze Star - a weird western with Pat Broderick, and Q-Ball, a martial arts comic with Barry McClain Jr. Baron has listed Carl Barks[6] and Philip José Farmer as influences on his fiction writing.