Rose (Marvel Comics)

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Rose
Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #253 (Jun 1984). Art by Rick Leonardi.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Amazing Spider-Man #253 (Jun 1984)
Created byTom DeFalco
In-story information
Alter ego- Richard Fisk
- Sergeant Blume
- Jacob Conover
- Philip Hayes
SpeciesHuman

The Rose is a persona used by four fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original Rose first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #253 (June 1984), and was created by writer Tom DeFalco.[1]

Publication history

Tom DeFalco recounted:

When I created the Rose, I wanted a character in

Roderick Kingsley, because we'd already eliminated him as the Hobgoblin but he fit perfectly as the Rose.[2]

DeFalco was fired from The Amazing Spider-Man by editor

Jim Owsley before he could reveal the Rose's identity.[2] A subsequent issue of Web of Spider-Man, written by Owsley, revealed the Rose to be Richard Fisk
.

Fictional character biography

The character of Rose is depicted as a well-dressed, calm, calculating and gentleman-like crime lord who favors roses and wears a leather, lilac-colored mask.

Richard Fisk

Main article: Richard Fisk

The first Rose was Richard Fisk, the son of

vigilante, calling himself Blood Rose. He was eventually shot dead by his own mother, Vanessa.[3]
But is later brought back by his father using the tablet of life.

Sergeant Blume

The second Rose was Sergeant Blume (first name unrevealed), a police officer seeking revenge on the Kingpin for the death of his brother, another policeman. While Blume allied himself with Richard in hopes of doing good by breaking the Kingpin's hold on the city, he ended up implicated in several crimes while in the Kingpin's service. He ultimately was shot and killed in a confrontation with Richard's men in the

Catskills after he had kidnapped Peter Parker (Spider-Man)'s Aunt May and wife Mary Jane Watson, mistakenly thinking that Peter had discovered information that would blow the lid off of the Kingpin's organization, thus revealing Blume as a double agent.[4]

Jacob Conover

The third Rose was Jacob Conover, a reporter at the

Delilah. Conover faced a repeated threat to his territory from the Argentinian crime lord known as the Black Tarantula
, eventually being present without his Rose disguise when the Tarantula launched a direct assault on Fortunato's home. Preparing to gun down the Tarantula and a roomful of witnesses, Conover was stopped by Spider-Man and carted off to jail.

Phillip Hayes

The fourth Rose was Dr. Phillip Hayes. He took up the Rose persona after he lost his funding in gene-therapy research after an accident in the Phelcorps laboratory, a result of which was the new heroine

Boomerang to track Sara down at her house and murders her husband in front of her and her daughter. He is later arrested and unmasked, much to Sara's shock.[5]

Powers and abilities

The Roses have no superhuman powers. Richard Fisk is trained in the use of guns and has some martial-arts training; Sergeant Blume is a trained police officer; and Jacob Conover is trained in the use of firearms and has a number of criminal contacts.

The Roses always carries a handgun and often carries a variety of mini grenades.

Reception

Other versions

In Marvel Adventures continuity, the Rose is a criminal with enough financial resources to bid a fortune on highly sophisticated battlesuits.[7]

In

Midtown High, but was arrested by the cops.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1465455505
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  2. ^ a b Greenberg, Glenn (August 2009). "When Hobby Met Spidey". Back Issue! (35): 15.
  3. ^ "Richard Fisk Powers, Enemies, History | Marvel".
  4. ^ "Rose (Blume) Powers, Enemies, History | Marvel".
  5. ^ Morbius: The Living Vampire vol. 2 #9
  6. ^ Chrysostomou, George (2022-10-03). "10 Spider-Man Villains That Are Smarter Than They Seem". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  7. ^ "Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man" #21 (January, 2007)
  8. ^ Ultimate Spider-Man #106
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