The character debuted in Detective Comics #470 (June 1977) and was created by Steve Englehart and Walt Simonson.

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

Cloud first meets Bruce Wayne following the Batman's defeat of new villain Doctor Phosphorus in a battle that occurred at a nuclear power plant on the ocean.

She suspects from the start that Bruce is hiding something, citing his interest in crime reports and his encounters with Batman as evidence of a secret.

The initial appearances of Silver also represent the first time that it is explicitly recognized that Bruce Wayne or even Batman has engaged in a sexual relationship.

Silver's breakup with Bruce has repercussions in the following issues, where Batman takes out his frustration over the failed relationship on a couple of criminals.

Bruce tells Alfred Pennyworth that he blames his crimefighting persona for driving Silver away, and for a time muses whether he should give up being Batman forever.

[4] In the Legends of the Dark Knight story arc "Siege", written by Archie Goodwin, St.

Englehart wrote an additional chapter to the trilogy to resolve its plot, but DC declined to publish the story and it has since been removed from continuity.