Best story 2008 (Norway)

The Best story 2008 vote was held in Fantomet 1/2009 and the results were presented in Fantomet 10/2009.

Results

Best new story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Devil of Ravenscar"	Reimerthi	Bade	36
2	"The Hunt for the Black Carnation"	Lindahl	Lindahl	32
3	"The Freedom Ship"	DePaul	Felmang	28
4	"The White Elephant"	Reimerthi	Bade	25
5	"Destination Haiti"	Bishop	Spadari	24
6	"The Great Deception, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Spadari	23
7	"Blood Diamonds"	Bishop	Velluto	20
8	"The Castaways"	Lundström	Leppänen	19
9	"The Phantom Army"	Bishop	Velluto	12
	"Alter Ego"	Bishop	Spadari
11	"The Jury of Death"	Lindahl	Lindahl	9
12	"Secret of Phantom Head Peak"	Bishop	Felmang	7
13	"The Crime Apprentices"	DePaul	Ryan	2
14	"The Great Deception, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Boix	1
	"The Mystery at Pendragon House"	Reimerthi	Boix
16	"Dark Justice"	Reimerthi	Bade	0
	"Guran Disappears"	DePaul	Boix
	"The Emperor's Gift"	Bishop	Spadari
	"The Pirate Festival"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
	"Woduro's Secret"	Reimerthi	Nolan
	"Secret of the Leech Pond"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
Total:				251

Best reprint

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"Kingdom of the Amazons"	Goodall	Felmang, Ferri	76
2	"The Snake Goddess"	Falk	Barry	64
3	"Zabadabah"	Falk	Barry	56
4	"The Secret of the Golden Snake"	Kharelli, Redno	Leppänen	48
Total:				244

Notes

• Seven Sunday stories that were published in serialized form during 2008 were not eligible to vote for: "The Hunters", "The Delta Pirates", "The Wedding of the Phantom", "The Three Bandits", "What's Wrong with Hzz?", "The Star of Bangalla", and "The Heirs".

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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"