Brandon Rose

Brandon Rose is a character and an antagonist in Image Comics' The Walking Dead. he first appears in Issue 131. He lived at the Hilltop with his mother and father before their deaths. He is the son of Morton Rose.

Pre-Apocalypse
Nothing is known about Brandon's life before or after the outbreak began except that he lived with his parents and may have lived near the Hilltop before the apocalypse occurred. ==Role In The Comic Series == Brandon first appears in A New Beginning, bullying Brian alongside another kid, but is beaten-up by Sophia. In Whispers And Screams, he attacks Sophia and Carl Grimes with a brick in order to get revenge. Brandon starts beating up Sophia while his friend holds her back, but Carl stops them and proceeds to viciously beat him and his friend with a shovel. He was left unconscious but alive. His parents brought him to the infirmary where he was treated for his wounds.

In Life And Death, he and his father Morton  both look for Tammy, unbeknownst to them, she has been killed by Alpha and The Whisperers. In No Turning Back, he and his father has been informed of his mother's death, both Brandon and Morton mourn and he is later seen telling Rick that they should "f..k those people up" for Tammy's murder. He and his father both greet Vincent at his house.

In Issue 26, Brandon eventually finds out that Rick Grimes killed his father in Morton's attempt to force Rick to take action against the Whisperers. He stays at Alexandria for two weeks with the rest of the Hilltop people. With his parents dead and nothing else to live for, Brandon tries to attack Rick similar to his own father. However Rick subdued and threatened to kill him if he stepped one more time out of line. After being denied the chance to return back to the Hilltop Brandon, hating Rick Grimes more than ever, goes down to Negan's cell and explains his plan of informing the Whisperers of Rick's declaration of war and having Rick himself getting killed in the process. Negan agrees with the plan, so Brandon steals the jail keys and frees Negan. They both escape the house before Rick and Michonne realize that Negan is gone. Unknown to Brandon, he may have doomed them all with his poor choice of action.

Trivia

 * Brandon's name was revealed in Issue 152.
 * He is the last surviving member of his family.