Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust

In 1998, DC published Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' "Stardust," a single-issue comic that adapts Gaiman's own prose novel into a lush, fully painted fairy tale. This standalone graphic novel, illustrated entirely by Charles Vess, follows a young man's quest into the magical realm of Faerie to retrieve a fallen star for his beloved. A perfect synthesis of Gaiman's lyrical storytelling and Vess's exquisite fantasy art, it stands as a celebrated, self-contained work that captures the wonder of classic fairy tales for a modern audience.