Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer will make her live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), played by Julia Garner.

The character first appeared in The Silver Surfer #1 (August 1968), created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema.

[5] As part of a conspiracy, Mephisto replaces the consciousness of Shalla-Bal so that she believes herself to be a regular citizen of Latveria named Helena, and Doctor Doom organizes a false marriage celebration with her to make the Surfer fight the Fantastic Four.

[6] Meanwhile, Galactus consumes the life energies and ecosphere of Zenn-La because of Silver Surfer's betrayal but spares the lives of its people by warning them of his coming beforehand, allowing them to return to the lifeless husk afterwards.

When Mister Fantastic frees the Surfer from his imprisonment, he returns to Zenn-La to find it in this state and learns that Shalla-Bal was abducted by Mephisto.

[8] However the responsibilities of her office make Shalla-Bal refuse marriage with the Surfer when he eventually breaks free from Earth for good, and he tells her that their romance is over.

[18] After years of rejection, Shalla-Bal once became romantically involved with Fennan Radd, a man who claimed to be the Silver Surfer's half-brother by his father.

Australian rock group Swoop recorded a song named "Shalla Bal (Ballad(e) of the Silver Surfer)" on their 1995 album The Woxo Principle.