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 The first version of Rose was Richard Fisk, the son of Wilson Fisk, who sought to overthrow his father after learning the latter was the
Kingpin of Crime. He later became a
Punisher-like
vigilante, calling himself Blood Rose. He was eventually shot dead by his own mother
Vanessa Fisk. However, he is later brought back by his father using the tablet of life.
Sergeant Blume The second version of 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'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.
Jacob Conover The third version of Rose was
Jacob Conover, a reporter at the
Daily Bugle, who took up the Rose identity as payment for saving the life of crime lord
Don Fortunato many years earlier. He was loyal solely to Fortunato, as the Kingpin had not returned to power at the time, and his principal enforcer was the cyborg powerhouse known as
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 version of 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
Jackpot. He deals in "Ebony" shipments, a synthesized drug created from
Corruptor's sweat glands. He managed to slip under the superhero radar for a while, but Jackpot was getting closer to discovering his involvement. After he discovered the secret identity of his opponent (through a coincidence resulting from being
Sara Ehret's co-worker), he hires
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. ==Powers and abilities==