Silver St. Cloud
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Silver St. Cloud is a fictional character who appears in Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

 comics set in the . She is a recurring love interest of Batman/Bruce Wayne, debuting in Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...

#470, written by Steve Englehart
Steve Englehart
Steve Englehart is an American novelist. In his earlier career he was a comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics and DC Comics, particularly in the 1970s...

. The issues featuring her earlier appearances have been collected in trade paperback form as Batman: Strange Apparitions.

Fictional character biography

St. Cloud is a socialite
Socialite
A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....

 residing in Gotham City
Gotham City
Gotham City is a fictional U.S. city appearing in DC Comics, best known as the home of Batman. Batman's place of residence was first identified as Gotham City in Batman #4 . Gotham City is strongly inspired by Trenton, Ontario's history, location, atmosphere, and various architectural styles...

, hosting parties for the rich and influential. She later becomes a successful event planner outside of Gotham.

Batman: Strange Apparitions

Silver is Bruce's main love interest in Batman: Strange Apparitions, reprinting stories from Detective Comics #469-476, 478,
479. Her character first meets Bruce Wayne following the Batman's defeat of new villain Dr. Phosphorus, in a battle that occurred at a nuclear power plant on the ocean. Soon she begins dating Bruce Wayne. She suspects from the start that Bruce Wayne is hiding something. She cites Bruce's interest in crime reports and his encounters with Batman as evidence of a secret. When Bruce Wayne is captured by and replaced by Hugo Strange
Hugo Strange
Professor Hugo Strange is a fictional comic book supervillain appearing in books published by DC Comics, as an adversary of Batman. He first appeared in Detective Comics #36 , and is one of Batman's first recurring villains, preceding the Joker and Catwoman by several months...

 in a prosthetic disguise, Silver quickly notices Wayne is not acting like himself and contacts Dick Grayson
Dick Grayson
Dick Grayson is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940....

 (Robin) to tell him about Wayne's strange behavior. Her insight and quick action leads to Robin rescuing Wayne.

Silver is unique for several reasons, one of which is her discovery of Batman's identity. Her relationship with Bruce cools down as he repeatedly disappears to become the Batman. But using her own observational skills, Silver begins to put the clues together to recognize her lover in the costume of her hero. As Batman is battling the villain Deadshot
Deadshot
Deadshot is a fictional character, a supervillain/assassin in the DC Universe and an enemy of Batman. He first appears in Batman #59 and was created by Bob Kane, David Vern Reed and Lew Schwartz....

, Silver calls out to Bruce to confirm her suspicions. When Batman looks at her, Silver recognizes Batman's chin as the chin of Bruce Wayne. The initial appearances of Silver also represent the first time that it is explicitly recognized that Bruce Wayne or Batman has engaged in a sexual relationship.

Silver later witnesses Batman fighting Joker
Joker (comics)
The Joker is a fictional character, a comic book supervillain published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Batman, having been directly responsible for numerous tragedies in Batman's life, including the paralysis of Barbara Gordon and the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin...

. After defeating the Joker, Batman meets with Silver. She reveals to Batman that she knows his secret and that she loves him. She says that she could not be with him because she could not stand worrying about him each night. She then ends the relationship, asking him not to see her again. A distraught Silver kicks off her shoes as she runs away. Batman collects one of her shoes, and keeps it in the Batcave
Batcave
The Batcave is the secret headquarters of fictional DC Comics superhero Batman, the alternate identity of playboy Bruce Wayne, consisting of a series of subterranean caves beneath his residence, Wayne Manor.-Publication history:...

 as a sign of his continuing feelings for her.

Silver’s breakup with Bruce has repercussions into the next issues, where Batman takes out his frustration over the failed relationship on a couple of criminals. Most of his fury becomes concentrated on one criminal, whom he punches repeatedly. Bruce tells Alfred that he blames the Batman for creating a wedge between Bruce and Silver, and for a time muses whether he should give up being Batman forever.

Siege

In the Legends of the Dark Knight
Legends of the Dark Knight
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, commonly referred to as simply Legends of the Dark Knight is a DC comic book featuring Batman. It was launched in 1989 with the popularity of the Batman movie, following on from Frank Miller's Batman: Year One...

story arc "Siege" (plotted by Archie Goodwin
Archie Goodwin (comics)
Archie Goodwin was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of comic strips in addition to comic books, and is best known for his Warren and Marvel Comics work...

), St. Cloud briefly returns to Bruce Wayne's life while organizing a mercenaries' convention in Gotham, but is severely injured by the convention's leader when she discovers a plot to assault the city.

Batman: Dark Detective

Silver returns once again in Steve Englehart's story arc
Story arc
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 Batman: Dark Detective, a sequel to Batman: Strange Apparitions. In this series, her relationship with Bruce Wayne evolves further, to the point that Silver prepares to leave her fiancé, a campaigning senator, to be with him. However, her fiancé's arm and leg are cut off in Joker's booby traps, while he attempts to find her in Joker's house. Wayne instructs her to continue her relationship with the senator until his campaign ends, but she is angered by this and leaves Wayne's life again.

Steve Englehart has written a final chapter to his trilogy to resolve it but DC has declined to publish that story.

The Widening Gyre

Her character also returns in the out of continuity miniseries Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
Kevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...

's Batman: The Widening Gyre
Batman: The Widening Gyre
Batman: The Widening Gyre is the title of a 12-issue comic book limited series starring Batman. The series is being written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Walt Flanagan. The first six issues were released August 2009 through July 2010; it is unknown when the remaining issues will be published...

, in which she and Bruce rekindle their romance on an island beach her family owns. When they come back to Gotham City, Catwoman/Selina Kyle is jealous. Shortly after the two become engaged Bruce invites the vigilante Baphoment into the Batcave and reveals his secret identity and fiance to Baphoment. The couple begin discussing lunch while an unmasked Baphoment is seen putting on a different mask, and as Bruce places his utility belt down with a "KA-KLAX", he hears Baphoment repeating the sound and turns around to see Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia (comics)
Onomatopoeia is a DC Comics supervillain, an enemy of Green Arrow and Batman. He first appeared in Green Arrow #12 . He was created by writer Kevin Smith and artist Phil Hester...

(who had made up the identity of Baphoment to get lose to Batman)midway through slicing Silver's throat and mimicking the sound of the blade.
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