Rose (Marvel)
The Rose is the name of several characters in the Marvel Universe.
Contents |
Rose (Richard Fisk)
- Main Article: Richard Fisk
Richard Fisk who was the son of Wilson Fisk and Vanessa Fisk was the first person to had created the Rose persona. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #286)
At the time, he and the Hobgoblin who was believed to had been Ned Leeds began to form a partnership together. Their objective was to topple the Kingpin's criminal empire where the two operated under their masked persona's. The Hobgoblin would then serve as the dark enforcer for the Rose's criminal enterprise where they sought to establish themselves in the substructure of the empire of crime in the city. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #29)
Rose (Sergeant Blume)
- Main Article: Sergeant Blume
Sargeant Blume was a male human who came to be an officer in the New York City Police Department. One day, the Kingpin became responsible for killing his brother who was a good cop who refused to take a bribe. As a result, Blume wanted revenge where he adopted the guise of the Rose in order to help clean up the city and take down the Kingpin. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #88) Alfredo as 'Richard Fisk' and the new Rose met on a snowy Manhattan balcony, where they were secretly photographed by Nick Katzenberg. (Spectacular Spider-Man v2 #173) Blume, under the guise of the Rose, expressed concern that a picture of him with Alfredo had gotten out in the paper, and threatened to compromise their mission of bringing down the Kingpin. Blume promised to contain the situation. He intended to capture Peter Parker, who had allegedly taken the photo, and get information out of him of how he knew anything about Rose and Alfredo. He sent some of his men to capture Peter Parker at his Aunt May's house, but his men failed due to the intervention of Parker's alter-ego Spider-Man. Blume however, was not discouraged. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #84) Alfredo discussed the issue of Peter Parker and the photo with Blume, who was not concerned at Parker, or that Kingpin wanted him dead, and simply said his men would handle it. Under his civilian guise as a cop, Blume led the investigation after some mercenaries destroyed the Parker's loft. He took the Parkers down to the police station and had them answer some questions. Later, Alfredo talked with Blume about what they should do about Spider-Man, who had continuously thwarted their attempts at capturing Peter Parker. Blume was shocked when Alfredo said his solution was the death of Spider-Man. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #85) Blume was discussing Peter Parker and the Kingpin with Alfredo when the Hobgoblin busted in on them and killed their men. Alfredo tricked Hobgoblin into going after Peter Parker and trying to kill him. Blume was upset at this, and was even more upset when he figured out that it was Alfredo who had put a open contract on Peter Parker's life, and had been ordering Blume's own men behind his back. Blume expressed that he thought things were going too far. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #86)
Rose (Jacob Conover)
- Main Article: Jacob Conover
Jake Conover was a male human who had once been a reporter for the Daily Bugle but after falling on hard times financially he approached Don Fortunato. He was responsible for giving Conover a masked identity as the new Rose and the crime lord's former territory. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #436)
Rose (Phillip Hayes)
- Main Article: Phillip Hayes
Dr. Phillip Hayes was a male human who came to be a scientist who headed Phelcorp Labs that was a subsidiary of Oscorp that specialised in gene therapy research. One of his employees was Sarah Ehret who suffered an accident at work and fell into a coma leading to Hayes losing his funding. To prevent his company's collapse, he turned to a life of crime and adopted the identity of the Rose where he established a criminal empire. At some point, he came to acquire the DNA of the Corruptor which he used to create an inhibition-lowering drug called Ebony that he peddled on the street. (Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot v1 #3)
Overview
In appearance, the Rose was a masked persona where the individual was garbed in a purple costume that hide their face and typically wore a business suit. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #253)
When faced with a threat, the Rose was known to make use of pistols to fend off enemies. They also used grenades that contained special gases which was used to eliminate threats. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #253)
It was said that they did not engage in physical combat and employed underlings for this task. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #253)
One of the calling cards of the villain was to leave a black rose at the site of his crimes with a written note left for his targets. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #253)
Notes
- The concept of the Rose was created by Tom DeFalco and Rick Leonardi where it made its first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #253 (June, 1984).
- In Back Issue! v1 #35 (2009), DeFalco commented on the persona's creation, "When I created the Rose, I wanted a character in middle management. We had all the big crimelords, and then the second-tier crimelords, and this guy was supposed to be second-tier. He doesn't fight, he hires people to do the fighting. I put him in a mask to make him distinctive. It was not a plan that he would have a secret identity. But at some point later on, I was reading something about the big mystery of "Who is the Rose?" I didn't realize there was a mystery! So I realized I'd have to come up with something for the Rose, and I figured I'd use Roderick Kingsley, because we'd already eliminated him as the Hobgoblin but he fit perfectly as the Rose."
Alternate Versions
- In Ultimate Spider-Man v1 #106 (2007), an alternate version of the character appeared in the Ultimate Marvel reality that was set on Earth-1610 in the Multiverse. Mr. Rose was a criminal associate of the Kingpin where he served as Fisk's advisor. He auditioned Ronin to be a part of Fisk's organization and was ordered by Kingpin to blow up Midtown High, but was arrested by the cops.
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1984)
- Web of Spider-Man v1:
- Morbius: The Living Vampire:
External Links
This article is a stub. You can help Multiversal Omnipedia by expanding it.
