Commissioner Rostau

Commissioner Rostau is a character in Mercy Heights, a strip from British anthology 2000 AD. Set in a futuristic hospital environment, Rostau operates in an authority role within that world, sharing the series with characters such as Tor Cyan and Lilla Ferro.

Debuting in the pages of 2000 AD #1033 in 1997, Commissioner Rostau is a product of the British comics tradition at its sharpest — born from the creative minds of John Wagner and Jim Murray, and woven into the fabric of Mercy Heights, one of the anthology's distinctive strips. Over a fourteen-year presence in the catalog, this character carved out a modest but meaningful corner of the 2000 AD universe, sharing pages with the likes of Judge Dredd, Tor Cyan, and Lilla Ferro — company that speaks to the richly populated world they inhabit. With 18 recorded appearances and two collector-recognized key issues to their name, Commissioner Rostau is exactly the kind of deep-cut character that rewards the dedicated reader who ventures beyond the headline names into the full, sprawling depth of what 2000 AD has always done so brilliantly.