Best story 1988 (Sweden)

The Best story 1988 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1988, and the results were presented in Fantomen 11/1989.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"Eden"	Avenell	Lindahl	143
2	"The Castle of Evil"	Worker	Lindahl	73
3	"The Mystery on Cape Cod"	Worker	Spadari	33
4	"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 5: Solomon's Mines"	Worker	Lindahl	29
5	"Golem"	Borgnes	Lindahl	26
6	"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 2: The Garden of Death"	Worker	Leppänen	17
7	"Duel to the Death"	Tierres	Bade	16
8	"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 1: Pirates of the Arctic"	Worker	Leppänen	15
	"The Raid in Sanloi"	Tierres	Leppänen
10	"The Ghost on Flight 302"	Worker	Casanovas	13
	"Power of the Apes"	Worker	Spadari
12	"Zabadabah"	Falk	Barry	9
	"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 3: Count of the Darkness"	Worker	Felmang, Waldrag
14	"The Harbour Rats"	Tierres	Wilhelmsson, Eralp	7
15	"Kano and Aybol"	Avenell	Cruz	6
	"Deadly Intent"	Tierres	Wilhelmsson, Eralp
17	"Mystery of the Golden Rune, Part 4: Cagliostro Mystery"	Worker	Cruz	5
18	"The Minotaurus Cult"	Tierres	Vallvé	4
	"The Secret of the Haunted Castle"	Tierres	Felmang, Waldrag
	"The Secret of the Ark"	Avenell	Mangiarano, Waldrag
	"The Monster"	Avenell	Bade
22	"The Snake Goddess"	Falk	Barry	2
	"The Man-Thing"	Falk	Barry
24	"Sting"	Avenell	Vallvé	1
25	"The Elixir Maker"	Tierres	Wilhelmsson, Eralp	0
	"Satan's Horn"	Avenell	Cruz
Total:				451

Note

• Three Team Fantomen stories that were published in 1988 was not eligible to vote for: "The Treasure from Rhodes", "The Gold Mystery", and "Treasure of the Yoga Men".

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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" (tie) | 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" | 2021: "Devil's Story" | 2022: "Saga of the Vultures Chapter One: The Haunted Castle" | 2023: "Ku Klux Klan" | 2024: "The Singh Raiders" | 2025: "The Last Viking"