Silver St. Cloud

Former love interest of Bruce Wayne, Silver St. Cloud spent enough time with both Wayne and his alter-ego Batman to identify them as one and the same.Torn by this knowledge, Silver confronted Bruce and told him that she could not stay with him knowing that his life was constantly in danger.Wayne seriously considered giving up his life as Batman before the distraction of the Bat-Signal drew him back.

Silver St. Cloud comes back into Bruce's life when Col. Brass lays siege to Gotham. Brass has come to realize that he has come to crossroads of his life and now he must decide what to do with his final days as a cold blooded warrior. His first item of business is to return to Gotham and interact with Bruce Wayne's old flame Silver while his foot soldiers terrorize the streets of Gotham by instigating an all out gang war. Brass wants Silver's real estate connections in order to establish a convention in Gotham. The convention will serve as Brass' new base of operations and as a recruiting center for any mercenaries who want to join Brass' siege on Gotham. Brass presents the mercenaries with an enterprising agenda to steal from Gotham as they instigate a citywide gang war which will keep Gotham PD and the Batman distracted.

Brass gives Priest, his second in command, a special task to starting the gang war. Priest must procure all ledgers and books that dictate the mob's illegitimate gains. One book keeper in particular begged for his life but Priest viewed the book keeper with disgust because he finds that a man defines himself when he dies. Priest offers "a brave death" to all of his enemies and asks the book keeper to maintain some form of dignity as he placed a grenade in the book keeper's mouth. As the book keeper prepared for the end, he noticed Priest's buck knife was in reach. Priest noticed what the book keeper was looking at and taunted him by goading him to take the knife. The book keeper began to sweat with tension but in the end, he cowered on the floor and Priest pulled the pin. The book keeper's office was engulfed by a fiery explosion.

Brass uses his knowledge of Old Gotham to devise a shipping route to the convention center thereby enabling his hired guns to secretly gain access to the latest advancements of artillery and explosives. The Spur Line became a forgotten railway according to the city's plans but Brass' memories of Old Gotham are as fresh as they were over 60 years ago. Brass reaches the convention center to make sure his operation is kept a secret from Silver who thinks she is organizing a security advancements expo.

Brass arrives to meet with Silver and asks her to take the rest of the day off for all her hard work as an arms convention publicist. Silver agrees but just as she was making her way to the lobby, she overhears one of Brass' thugs talking about the how Spur Line is a good cover. Silver continues to listen to the conversation until she is discovered by other members of Brass' squad. They chase Silver to the lobby where she tries to call the night watchman for help but it turns out to be Brass. Silver reacts quickly by activating the silent alarm but ends getting stabbed by Brass with an ice pick he stole from a local thug that his men killed earlier.

Fortunately, Brass didn't puncture any crucial arteries and Silver was in a stable condition when she went Gotham Mercy Hospital. Bruce arrives on the scene after Silver's ambulance drives off. As Batman, Bruce investigates the inner workings of this supposed convention. He disarms to guards who were working for Brass and discovers that the basement of the convention has a secret passage that leads to the Spur Line. Batman deduces that the Spur Line must be the method that the gun runners are using to get around Gotham without being detected. Bruce also figures that the gun runners are the orchestrators behind the gang war but he doesn't know what the end game is if the gang war is a diversion.

Meanwhile, Brass gives the order to lay siege to Gotham by destroying the financial district of Gotham such as Diamond Exchange and Gotham's First National Bank. Batman goes to intercede and stem the blood shed. Batman makes quick work of Brass' mercenaries and learns a few things by interrogating one of the mercenaries. It turns out Brass supplied the rival gangs with new artillery after instigating the gang war as a distraction for the police and the Batman. However, Batman finds this latest attack to be sloppy on Brass' part because Brass would have presumed that one of his mercenaries might be caught during the siege and could divulge his involvement with the gang war or gun running. Unfortunately, things start to make sense for Bruce when he receives a distress call from Alfred.

Batman arrives to immobilize one member of Brass' squad who was securing the grounds while Alfred takes on another squad member in the basement. Brass and another member of his squad make their way to the lower foundations of Wayne Manor by using explosives. Batman enters Wayne Manor through the library but he comes under attack by Priest. Priest proves to be a formidable combatant for Batman but Bruce's usage of theatricality trips up Priest. Batman finally puts an end to Priest by throwing him out a window. Batman then makes his way to the cave to put an end to Brass. Brass decides to shoot his squad member because she refused to be involved in his revenge plot against the Waynes. Brass is then taken by surprise when Batman throws a batarang which knocks the gun out of Brass' hand.

Batman demands to know why Brass has a vendetta against the Waynes. Brass explains his past relation with Bruce's grandfather and how he figured out Batman's secret identity. Brass remembers Thomas' bat costume during the Halloween gala that he tried to crash. Brass immediately put two and two together when the Batman was first sighted. Brass confesses that he decided to take his revenge on the Wayne family now because his time on this Earth has reached its pinnacle. The cancer in Brass' body has begun to spread and he refuses to go down without taking the Wayne legacy with him. Brass and Batman combat each other but Bruce's vigor overpowers Brass.

Unfortunately, Priest intervenes and tries to defeat Bruce. Bruce gives Priest a second serving of pain but fails to stop Brass from committing suicide. Brass reveals that he has explosions strapped to him and activates the detonator in the hopes of taking Wayne Manor down with him. The magnitude of the explosion incinerates Brass and the entire foundation begins to tremble. Bruce and Priest are knocked off a cliff side in the caverns. Bruce manages to grapple to safety but Priest falls to his death when his body hit the rocky river bank beneath the caverns. In the end, the strong foundation within the Batcave kept Wayne Manor standing but Bruce was still unable to reconcile his rocky relationship with Silver St, Cloud.

After Baphomet's appearance in Gotham she has reentered Bruce's life, appearing one morning in the manor. She is now a widow and hasn't resumed her social life out of respect for her dead husband. She confesses to Bruce that he is the last man she has been with and both agree to a date the next day at the same hour. They meet again and they go to a private island owned by Silver's family south of Miami, here she assures Bruce that she has changed over the years, because now she can accept his double life, and wants to try again with him. They continue to meet during the days on the island for many weeks, until Bruce found out that Aquaman knew they were on the island.

After Arthur found that Bruce was on the island they dated in the Batcave, where Silver read many of the bat-journals and stole one without Bruce noticing it. Later they went skiing in Aspen, where they spent a night away from Gotham leaving Tim and Baphomet to fill in for him.While on the JLA Watchtower, after a visit to the Fortress of Solitude, Bruce proposed to Silver and she accepted. When she was going back home with Alfred, Bruce stopped the car thinking that Silver might be a robot. After he verified she was human, he apologized and Silver forgave him, saying that she knew that in his world there couldn't be no trust but he could trust her. The next morning, before breakfast, Bruce introduced her to Baphomet who turn out to be Onomatopoeia and he cut her throat with a knife.

Alternate Versions

In Harley Quinn #61 (2019) Silver is seen as a loyal resistance fighter in a medieval version of Gotham City. She fights to return Queen Selina Kyle to her rightful throne.

Personal Characteristics

Silver St. Cloud is shown to be very beautiful with white blonde hair and sky blue eyes.

First Appearance: Detective Comics #469 (May 1977)

Real Name: Silver St. Cloud

Status: Friend, Love interest

Occupation: Convention Organizer

Base: Gotham City

Height: 5 feet 5 inches

Weight: 131 pounds

Eyes: Sky Blue, Baby Blue

Hair: Chalk white

Other Media

Batman

In the 1989 Tim Burton Batman movie, the Vicki Vale character played by actress Kim Basinger was actually written as a composite of the Vicki Vale and Silver St. Cloud characters from the comics.

Gotham

In Gotham TV show, she appears in S02E04 and will played by Natalie Alyn Lind.

DC Super Hero Girls

Silver St. Cloud debuted in Season 3 Episode 8 "For Art's Sake" as an art collector.

Popular Recognition

Silver St. Cloud was ranked 64th in Comics Buyer's Guide's 100 Sexiest Women in Comics list.