NMLP P-022339 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Stardust

Neil Gaiman · DC Comics / Vertigo (New York) · 1997-1998

The Charles Vess-illustrated Vertigo edition (1997-1998 miniseries, collected 1998) is the true first appearance. The unillustrated prose version followed in 1999: the US Avon/Spike hardcover (February 1999) is the first prose edition, with the UK Hodder Headline hardcover (1999) issued afterward.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022339 for "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022339, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).