Silver St. Cloud is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly in association with the vigilante Batman. Cloud is typically depicted as a romantic interest of Bruce Wayne. Cloud appeared in the second season of Gotham , portrayed by Natalie Alyn Lind.
Cloud debuted in Detective Comics February Cloud is a socialite residing in Gotham City , hosting parties for the rich and influential. She later becomes a successful event planner outside Gotham. Cloud is Bruce Wayne's love interest in stories from Detective Comics β, and , later reprinted as a trade paperback collection of those stories titled 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 soon begins dating Bruce Wayne. 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.
When Bruce Wayne is captured and replaced by Hugo Strange in a prosthetic disguise, Silver quickly notices Wayne is not acting like himself and contacts Dick Grayson Robin to tell him about Wayne's strange behavior. Her insight and quick action leads to Robin rescuing Bruce. Silver is one of the few characters to have discovered Batman's secret identity.
Her relationship with Bruce was initially in trouble due to his repeated disappearances. However, over the time she was able to piece together the clues and eventually recognize her lover in the Batman costume. Silver confirms her suspicions by calling out to Bruce while he battled the villain Deadshot , causing him to turn and allowing Silver to recognize 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 even Batman has engaged in a sexual relationship.
