The original Rose first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #253 (June 1984), and was created by writer Tom DeFalco.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The character was created by Mike Higgins, Karl Bollers and Martin Egeland, and first appeared in X-Men vol.

She first appeared in Origin #1 (September 2001), and was created by Bill Jemas, Paul Jenkins, Joe Quesada and Andy Kubert.

[11] Rose falls in love with Brendan "Smitty" Smith and they make plans to marry much to James's grief.

[12] Unfortunately, Dog had tracked the pair down and the brothers fight; Rose tries to intervene and, tragically, is stabbed and killed accidentally when she falls onto James's claws.

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

[17][18][19] Rose Gilberti appears in the X-Men '97 multi-part episode "Tolerance is Extinction", voiced by Kari Wahlgren.