Best story 1989 (Sweden)

The Best story 1989 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1989, and the results were presented in Fantomen 10/1990.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Last Unicorn"	Worker	Leppänen	76
2	"The Secret of the Valley of Wamballa"	Worker	Leppänen	71
3	"Rex: Prince of Baronkhan"	Falk	Barry	58
4	"Cleopatra's Asp"	Tierres	Leppänen	54
5	"The Iron Mask"	Avenell	Lindahl	42
	"The Crystal Skull"	Goodall	Casanovas
7	"The Mysterious Inheritance"	Tierres	Lindahl	40
8	"The Demon"	Avenell	Vallvé	38
9	"The Ghost Pilot"	Worker	Felmang, Waldrag	27
10	"Wuluti's Secret"	Worker	Cruz	26
11	"The Yellow Death"	Goodall	Mitton	25
12	"The Swamp Devil"	Goodall	Spadari	22
13	"The Witches of Carpatia"	Avenell	Cruz	18
14	"Deadly Cargo"	Worker	Felmang, Waldrag	17
15	"Death's Hour"	Tierres	Vallvé	15
16	"Worubu"	Worker	Mitton	14
17	"The Marionettes"	Avenell	Cruz	13
18	"Night of the Jesters"	Tierres	Vallvé	12
19	"The Storm Maker"	Tierres	Felmang, Waldrag	11
20	"The Demon in the Tower"	Tierres	Vallvé	8
	"The Mysterious Prisoner"	Tierres	Vallvé
22	"The Black Fire"	Worker	Cruz	6
23	"Chasamba"	Falk	Barry	5
24	"Secret of the Volcano Valley"	Tierres	Eralp	4
	"Lotosi's Treasure"	Avenell	Vallvé
26	"The Hunchback"	Tierres	Vallvé	2
Total:				658

Notes

• Three Team Fantomen stories that were published in 1989 was not eligible to vote for: "The Emperor's Treasure", "The Secret of the Golden Snake", and "The Double".
• One daily story that was published during 1989 was not eligible to vote for: "Great Raptor of Rhua".

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Best Story Winners
Finland
1985: "The Prisoner at Capitolium" | 1986: "The Moor of Death"
Norway
1979: "The Heirs" | 1983: "Tale of Rex" | 1984: "Hero" | 1985: "Pirates of the Yellow Snake" | 1986: "The Beanstalk" & "Race Against Death" (tie) | 1987: "Devil's Adventure" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Last Emperor" | 1991: "Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers" | 1992: "The Wolf is Coming" | 1993: "Aron" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Demon's Image" | 1996: "Johnny Hotwire" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Invisible Phantom" | 2002: "In A Strange Land, Part 2" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The King of Norway" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "Dogai - The Road to Power" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Devil of Ravenscar" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint) | 2009: "Duel at Deadman's Gulch" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" | 2011: "The Gulf of Aden Pirates" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "The Slave Ship Zong" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "John X" & "Patrolman X" | 2017: "The Karabasan League"
Sweden
1978: "The Avenger from the Sea" & "Phantom Wedding" (tie) | 1979: "Devil's Story" | 1980: "The Treasure from Rhodes" | 1981: "The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur" | 1982: "The Stone Carving People" | 1983: "The Water of Life" | 1984: "The First Phantom" | 1985: "The Beanstalk" | 1986: "The Battle on Malta" & "Devil's Story" (best reprint) | 1987: "The King is Dead" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Cathedral Mystery" | 1991: "Devil's Story" | 1992: "Hoogan's Revenge" | 1993: "The Test" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Set Up, Part 1" & Part 2 | 1996: "The Last Viking" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "Return of the Zombies" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Prodigal Son" | 2002: "The Long Bow of Little John" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The Battle on Malta" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Castaways" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint)" | 2009: "The  Phantom Gladiator, Part 1" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" & "The Dragon Throne" | 2011: "The Sons of Captain Walker" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "Year 1349" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana" | 2017: "Farewell to the Deep Woods" | 2018: "The Ghost at Gallows' Inn" | 2019: "The Devil in Stockholm" | 2020: "A Reckoning with the Nomad"