Staton also admitted that the character's costume was heavily inspired by the Black Cat. Helena's first appearance was in "DC Super Stars" #17 (November/December 1977), which told her origin, and then "All Star Comics" #69 (December 1977), which came out the same day, and revealed her existence to the Justice Society of America. She appeared in "Batman Family" #17-20 when it expanded into the Dollar Comics format for its last few issues. The bulk of her solo stories appeared as backup features in issues of "Wonder Woman" beginning with issue #271 (September 1980). These stories, almost all of which were written by Levitz and pencilled by Staton, tended to a noir style, with the Huntress typically combating street level crime rather than costumed supervillains.