Best story 2009 (Norway)

The Best story 2009 vote was held in Fantomet 1/2010 and the results were presented in Fantomet 9/2010.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"Duel at Deadman's Gulch	Reimerthi	Lindahl	37
2	"The Phantom Gladiator, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	26
3	"The Drill Boss"	DePaul	Ryan	20
4	"The Mystery on Cape Cod"	Worker	Spadari	18
5	"The Witch Hunt"	Bishop	Velluto	14
6	"The Valley of Horses"	Lindahl	Lindahl	10
7	"The Ossuary"	DePaul	Ryan	5
	"The Patrolwomen"	DePaul	Ryan
9	"The Voyaging Canoe"	DePaul	Ryan	4
10	"Wipe out Bengete"	Reimerthi	Bade	3
11	"Sins of the Past, Part 1"	Bishop	Spadari	2
12	"The Sinbad Stone"	Nolan	Nolan	1
13	"The Gandor Sect"	Reimerthi	Bade	0
	"The Briefcase"	Reimerthi	Nolan
	"Sins of the Past, Part 2"	Bishop	Spadari
	"Saved by Fate"	Jansson	Lindahl
	"The Phantom Gladiator, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
	"Lord of the Hyenas"	Reimerthi	Bade
	"Pirates Ahead, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Bade
	"Pirates Ahead, Part 2"	DePaul	Felmang
	"Hooded Justice, Part 1"	Bishop	Velluto
	"Hooded Justice, Part 2	Bishop	Spadari
	"The Phantom Gladiator, Part 3"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
Total:				145

Notes

• Six Sunday stories that were published in serialized form during 2009 were not eligible to vote for: the second part of The Heirs", "Jungle Olympics", "The Name", "The Vault of Missing Men", "The Uninvited Visitors", and "Crook's Haven".

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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"