History and Origin of GI Joe's The Baroness!

[@aholuthedistinguishedgentl929]

Dec 28, 2024 and I've been watching these back to back. 👏🏿👏🏿

[@trence5]

responsible for many young men's predilection towards dark haired women with glasses - and leather and whips.

[@JLSComics]

trence5 Ha! Truth 😎

[@hagios_1taylor918]

You right about that 😂

[@Ablaze1983]

😂🤣😂🤣 yep!!

[@jdsrcs8061]

Damn right!!!!

[@danieljeyn9847]

trence5 Oh, that’s silly. *stare at the woman I married* Well, I’ll be dammed.

[@BigSleepyOx]

Baroness was my favorite character of the GI Joe universe. Most of my friends' favorite character was either Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow, but I was a Baroness guy. lol

[@sexcorpio6976]

Same

[@dennisellis3605]

One of my all time favorite characters of anything. I think a series focused on her and the beginnings of cobra is the best idea for anything live action

[@j.c.ca.o.l7035]

She is pretty badass

[@roguelead72]

The original Baroness figure had a Dragunov sniper rifle, not an AK-47.

[@leaderstragg]

The Baroness has had a surprisingly complicated life! It reminds me that in a way, COBRA always had the last laugh, sure, they constantly failed to conquer the world, but in many ways, they were more complex and entertaining than G.I. JOE!

[@sexcorpio6976]

If I don't remember wrong, in the comic books isn't the world taken over by cobra already?

[@sexcorpio6976]

@Lord Of The World And style

[@heedmywarning2792]

Hmmmm Baroness vs Black Widow. Let's do this!

[@kenshiro69]

...in a pool of jello and whipped cream! 😈😛

[@heedmywarning2792]

@@kenshiro69 winner fights Silver Sable

[@xsailor85]

I’ll make the popcorn.

[@tylongkicks8821]

Cool matchup

[@matthewbennett1972]

Heed My Warning Snake Eyes VS Dare Devil

[@henrygarner4649]

Loved the Baroness as a kid. Like you said, "If it ain't Larry Hamas, does it even matter?" No, it does not!

[@briancorvello3620]

Ah, the Baroness, quite likely the first "waifu" crush I had. (Well, her or Evil-Lynn.) If anyone who wants to see more of her - in more ways than one - I would recommend the episode "The Gamemaster". Not only does this episode cement her role as a "cartoon sex symbol" (read: Baroness wearing a bikini) it gives her quite a bit of independence as a character: Cobra Commander: Whose side are you on? Baroness: Why, the same side you are, Commander. My own.

[@TrueWisdomAsherite80]

Yes indeed she did influence alot when it came to the femme fatale villainess....a legend in infamy....all hail The Baroness

[@torritaite2880]

I FINALLY got to meet, Morgan Lofting the original voice of The Baroness and that was one of the best days ever! I admittedly told her that I hated the DIC series. But she played the character well and I told her she was one of the reasons why I could stomach the 90's version.

[@1971thedoctor]

My wife has long dark hair and wears glasses, I think it’s a subliminal thing liking the look of Baroness.

[@johnnyfountainS]

Black hair. Never dark or brown.

[@simonrhoden4457]

dude loving your origin series. while I enjoy learning what other writers do I gotta agree Larry Hama is definitive gi joe

[@JLSComics]

Simon Rhoden Thanks Simon! I agree Larry’s work is the most canon. Others can help fill in gaps until he does so I like to include them

[@Mr.EmeraldTheGreen]

The Baroness.....one of the most interesting and complex bad ass characters! 🖤🖤🖤

[@MrKersey]

Character development and backstories in the live action movie were atrocious. They should have stuck to the comic backstory.

[@JLSComics]

Masked Vigilante Absolutely! They completely changed her

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

It usually happens deliberately, un-fortunately!!!! 🗑

[@vassa1972]

I agree but without the comic book background she wouldn't exist lol or any of the superheroes

[@googleownsyou8510]

It was to mature.....

[@silvertemplar8061]

I don't know, some of them where good, but they seemed too much based off the nanomite technology.

[@kirbykok4544]

The Baroness is one of my favorite characters from the G.I.Joe Lore! The Baroness is one of my favorite G.I. Joe characters!

[@jeenkzk5919]

Such a beautiful rose with massive thorns....

[@roguerifter9724]

Ahh Barnoness. Quite possibly the first comic book character I had a crush on. (I'm a few weeks shy of forty so my memory of when such things started and orders of crushdom are vague. I'm all but certain she was the first comic book bad girl I had a crush on at least since most of my early comic crushes were firmly on the hero side.

[@miragexl007]

Kotobukiya bishoujo statue.. of scarlet and the baroness. Out this year. Great tributes.

[@mwamba85dt]

please do videos on snake eyes. storm shadow zartan serpentor and the crimson twins

[@JLSComics]

mwamba85dt These are on the list! Zartan is next

[@derektorres6260]

RIP Morgan Lofton - The Baroness!!!

[@Lol_Pig]

Love the channel, JLS. Really wish we could get the live-action movies or series we deserve. Stories straight from the comic pages by fans of the IP.

[@srstriker6420]

Can you do Mumm-Ra backstory?

[@JLSComics]

SR Striker Great idea, I’m adding it to my list 😎

[@srstriker6420]

JLS Comics thank you

[@blackcomicnerd3657]

Are they going to retcon the Vietnam War origins for a lot of characters? The war ended almost 50 years ago and a lot of people who served or were adults during that era are in their late 60s-70s.

[@benjfalcon8686]

Love the gi joe content. Can the next character you cover be storm shadow please.

[@TomScally-vx2gt]

"Edin-burg".... Ed-in buh-rer. *Fixed. Great channel!!! Watching all these GI Joe's vids beck to back!

[@bagera3005]

shes the hot bad girl

[@kingnothing5706]

I would only count Larry Hama's work in anything Joe related. The absolute failure of Sitterson is high on my reasons why. He had no respect for the franchise, the readers, or the military in general. This is a trend that continues with the secondary title writers to this day.

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

*looks at Sigma 6*

[@brycevo]

Baroness is such a beauty

[@matthewneufer1758]

The baroness is so fine

[@largol33t1]

5:51 - LOL, Serpentor trying to advertise company stock while going into battle!

[@joeydubbs763]

She was my first crush as a boy...... I've lead a 'colorful' life. 😉

[@vassa1972]

Mine too lol

[@petertyson6634]

Good boys like bad girls. Lol.😁

[@tylongkicks8821]

Same here

[@dragonsnatch1146]

Mine was lady Jane

[@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN]

🙀😻😹🙀😻😹🙀😻😹🙀😻😹🙀😻😹🙀😻😹

[@kassandraodessa2633]

Actualy there was a couple of episodes of the animated series where in an alternate reality she was in love with steeler

[@lennyalcina4340]

The reason why the glasses look became so sexy and dangerous at the same time, who said that brunettes with guns didn't have fun, well certainly the Baroness did, great job.

[@ronnieguillot8519]

She helped me thru my teenage years

[@obioraobi]

Nick Fury should recruit her, she must have a lot of red on her ledger

[@Ps1guy618]

Anybody else notice how Snake Eyes is almost always involved or the cause of something in the GI Joe universe?

[@marvelboi3416]

In the G.I. Joe live action movie The Baroness was only engage to Duke they wasn't married yet when Rex her brother died. He broke off the engagement because he didn't want to face her after the death. She is truly one of the most iconic deadliest villain and the sexiest.

[@retrogalaxyunlimited1999]

Great video , The baroness what a character!

[@briancorvello3620]

6:50 Question, what issue is that image from?

[@dannyd464]

The woman of my dreams.

[@nightmaretrooper5064]

I didn't like the way when The 2009 Live Action GI Joe movie made ships out Duke and Baroness love relationship I always prefered Barroness and Destro's relationship.

[@terrancechilds3049]

I love watching her on the cartoon

[@rachardmcintyre6560]

Baroness reminds me so much of Bayonetta. She's a video game witch with long black hair who wears glasses and a leather catsuit, yet she carries 4 red guns, two in her hands, and two behind her feet!!

[@karlsmith2570]

You made a reference to the AK-47 and then added Kalashnikov's afterwards That's actually kinda redundant seeing as The AK-47 is a Kalashnikov rifle (Avodomat Kalashnikov model 1947)

[@JLSComics]

Karl Smith I definitely see your point. The reason I make the point to include his name is that the AK is one of the most replicated firearms in the world. It’s not just a weapon made exclusively in Russia any more. I feel like adding Kalashnikov helps make that distinction

[@jamesnelson7731]

In the movie, she and Duke were engaged not married. And after her brothers death he never went back to her.

[@jacobthefirstandlastknight2212]

one Question how will see kiss destro if he have a metal mask? how will she feel his lips and how do he feel her lips ??

[@randallpetroelje3913]

You rock!! I think I could make baroness an honest woman 😂🤣. Love the history and story line. Keep up the good work!👍

[@JLSComics]

Randall Petroelje Thank you!

[@randallpetroelje3913]

Your show is a comic haven for me 👍. I would love to see more of your work!

[@toddimus]

May I suggest Jinx?

[@dylanlewis3038]

Are the Modern IDW comics in the same continuity as the original Marvel comics?

[@leyenda6149]

Have you done Lady Jaye? I looked thru and haven't seen that you busted that out

[@RedSiegfried]

I do admit freely that I enjoy a little Baroness and long, lingering full body shots of drawings of her. Cause I'm a guy. As a kid, I was amazed when I got her as an action figure as a birthday present and she had long, rubber hair! I wished Scarlett and Cover Girl would have had the rubber hair but alas, such is the continuing evolution of action figures. Who says boys don't like female action figures? Baroness is awesome and I can't imagine Cobra without her!

[@jdsrcs8061]

Roar!!!!! Her and short hair Lady Jay, the hottest chicks ever!!!! Good episode.

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

YES, SIR!!

[@ThisIsTrent]

Love what you are trying to do but please slow down & give us 1 version of the back story at a time. Start with the Marvel story then IDW take on the back story!

[@srstriker6420]

ThisIsTrent IDW should bring the extreme dinosaurs and street sharks

[@MrBurlybiker]

Have you done one on Duke?

[@kraigwilliams9820]

The baroness in the first GI Joe movie was very beautiful and sexy.

[@commentcopbadge6665]

MG16NCP And the rest of the world loves ugly women?

[@LocoMenteClaraOne]

ALL the Joe girls were fly. Scarlett Lady Jaye Cover Girl The pink-haired Dreadknox chic And most of all... The Baroness!!! Go Joe!!! And Cobra!

[@dominikheiderer9161]

I love your post! 👊🏻

[@double00shotgun]

Who is the blonde @4:01

[@r.shanethompson7933]

At 4:04 in this video; Who can give me the down low on the blonde smoke-show that seems to be auditioning for a place amoungst The Baroness and Destro? Possibly transitioning the #1 wicked power couple into some kind of weaponized menage-au-tois? She must be a comics only character because I'm certain she'd have not been forgotten had I seen her on the cartoon or in the toy line.

[@holseyd]

that was a fun video thanks!

[@JLSComics]

Shlomo Ben Hungstein Thank you!

[@RecoilCDS]

She was originally in Order of Battle Number 3, not 10. Also, it was Destro and Dr. Mindbender, who looked for all the remains to help create Serpentor. You also left out she was an expert Rattler pilot.

[@patrickstewart3446]

If it weren't for the Baroness, I think GI Joe fanart wouldn't be a thing. :)

[@johnnyfountainS]

Do one of Sheila The Thief. From Dungeons and Dragons The Anime. Toei Animation with Hasbto Toys.

[@jonnybridin]

History and origin of Shockwave please!

[@adro3828]

Can you do an updated episode of Baroness with Ursula Cordero included? That would be awesome.

[@patrickwentzell4638]

I'd share my life with Baroness. 🥰🤗

[@Turbojunk]

You should do quick kick and dr mind bender

[@tylongkicks8821]

Baroness was my cartoon crush as a 6 year old. Sienna Miller was a horrible Baroness in the rise of Gi Joe

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

She was somewhere between a Librarian and a DOMINATRIX!!!!!😍😍😍

[@tedb1918]

My sugar baby loves cosplay and this is one of here characters!

[@rjh7101]

General Hawk please. He has been with the Joe team since the beginning

[@JLSComics]

Robert Hickey Good news, he’s next in my GI Joe series! I am working on his video as we speak and it should be out later this week 👍

[@calvinwoolfolk8207]

She was like the g.i. joe cobra version of black widow ❤❤❤❤😎😎😎😎

[@squarepickle]

Cobra Commander is... Oroku Saki! 🤯

[@srstriker6420]

Square Pickle no that's the Shredder's name

[@randallpetroelje3913]

You hit the snake on the head 🤣😂! Thanks

[@srstriker6420]

MG16NCP is that for Cobra or 2003 Shredder?

[@cobracommander8133]

Square Pickle YOU FOOL!!

[@chengfu7063]

My favorite cobra agent

[@devonferris]

GI Joe should be the next franchise... It is the only series that hasn't been done correctly.

[@Captain_Chaz86]

they are doing a team-up universe in the comics. M.A.S.K , GI Joe and Transformers plus some other hasbro and takara properties. In this new comic team-up universe, most of earth’s advanced technology came from various alien space wreckage.

[@sblinder1978]

"Rednok often is mistook for a school teacher because of the glasses she is wearing."

[@jackieanderson9408]

2:30 The Highlander.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KageNoTora74]

If she's proficient with the AK-47 of course she's proficient with the Kalashnikov. They're the same weapon. AK-47 was a designation used by NATO and, in reference to the very first stamped receiver model, the Izmech factory. In Eastern Bloc use it was called Automat Kalashnikov or AK, followed by a type designation and S for folding stock variants, e.g. AK Type 1, AKS Type 1, ending after the second milled steel receiver folding stock AKS Type 3 with the modernized stamped steel receiver AKM and AKMS. AKs weren't given model year designations in service until the AK-74 was introduced.

[@JLSComics]

Jeremy Shelton You’re absolutions right. I mentioned to another commenter that the AK is one of the most replicated, copied firearms in the world and I feel like adding the Kalashnikov designation helps make that distinction. She’d be proficient in the copies of course too but in my head canon she trained with an original Soviet issue firearm

[@xforce11]

Scarlet on the G.I. Joe side and Baroness on the Cobra side (crushes both).

[@dfile7598]

Baroness gives me Terminator vibes. And I sometimes wonder if she was the inspiration for Karin Uzumaki from the Naruto franchise?

[@CCulh]

I thought they were engaged in the movie, she agreed to marry Duke only if he kept Rex safe?

[@Reepicheep-1]

"Eden-burg"?? Ouch...

[@JLSComics]

Richard Reavis I know, I know! My bad! I’ll make up for it when I do my Destro video. Especially bad because I have Scottish ancestry and so I should know better lol

[@craigbeardsley3814]

Richard Reavis Agree Completely, You Say In The Video, She Went To University In Edenburg, Scotland. It's Spelled Correctly Edinburgh (E-din-bruh) It's Not Edenburg...

[@Reepicheep-1]

Oh, I already watched this once & made this comment before. Thanks for fixing it for Destro.

[@a.b.8606]

Who couldn't afford the Original G.IJoe figures and instead got the copies from the dollar store? And Twist the torso for that super rotation spinning double punch/knuckles against those barbies!?

[@BlackHammer0891]

Baroness helped me along with puberty..lmao

[@WillNelson73]

Have you done Lady Jaye?

[@michaelweiss5320]

😆😆😆 Leather Britches!!! 😆😆😆 I would love to hear a character call her that! ???, "Yo! LEATHER BRITCHES!" Baroness, "Who called me That!?"

[@almightytowerdiveking4636]

Baroness vs Black Widow Book it!

[@juvestyles]

She was so goth 😍

[@dolphinchan1745]

Eh, there's a difference between Goth and sort whatever type she is i might look it up later. Goths have a more Frilly, victorian or punk metal vibe. She doesn't give me either of those vibes ngl.

[@jyoconcyberchar3802]

I liked the Baroness pics with the Decepticon Ravage. Not sure of the story there or it was just fan art

[@duaneborgaes9223]

🏴‍☠️The Queen Cobra🐍✨👑✨

[@Saikotic]

I enjoy the video but I have some constructive feedback. With "nom de guerre" the "nom" rhymes with bomb in American English. And Edinburgh is edden-burra. Cheers.

[@JLSComics]

Saikotic Thank you! I’ll make sure I pronounce the city correctly when I do my Destro video

[@michaelchristophercompitus3291]

Eh-din-brah!

[@mrtube1024]

I love the Baroness....

[@presenceaboveall7882]

Didn’t the cartoon G.I Joe an American hero portray her as Zartans sister at one time?

[@gilavalos2400]

Love orgin videos thanks.

[@hoodninja734]

Destro out here big pimpin.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

If Madeline Stowe was a badass.

[@daddust]

Whats EDEENBURG Skotland?

[@JLSComics]

daddust you can find out from the 400 other people who already asked this exact same question! 😎 yes I know I pronounced it incorrectly ... thanks for watching! why did you spell Scotland with a “k”?

[@Phoenix2312]

@JLS Comics I appreciate that you are American, so some of our English Words are quite alien... Burgh in place names here is generally but not always pronounced "Bur-Ah" so the name you were looking for was Ed-in-Burh-Ah... Not criticising, Just hope it helps you in the future... Yeah, British Place names are damn annoying - Edinborough, Peterborough And yet we use the same spelling for places that are pronounced BERG! Much as you have Pittsburgh Or Pitts-BERG... We too have places with the same spelling but a differing Pronunciation! Is it any wonder they say that English is the Hardest Language in the world to learn? Even American "Simplified" English... LOL!

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Sienna Miller is a winner

[@danieljeyn9847]

I always assumed Hama was channeling the Bader-Meinhoff gang.