NMLP P-022437 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Stardust

Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess · DC Comics / Vertigo · 1997

The 1997-98 DC/Vertigo illustrated edition is the true first; the 1998 collected illustrated hardcover is the first single-volume book form. The 1999 Avon unillustrated prose novel is 'first thus' (first text-only edition), not the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022437 for "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022437, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).