Best story 2009 (Sweden)

The Best story 2009 vote was held in Fantomen 2/2010 and the results were presented in Fantomen 10/2010.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes	Percentage of votes
1	"The Phantom Gladiator, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	47	14.2%
2	"Lord of the Hyenas"	Reimerthi	Bade	38	11.4%
3	"The Valley of Horses"	Lindahl	Lindahl	24	7.2%
4	"The Mystery on Cape Cod"	Worker	Spadari	22	6.6%
5	"Saved by Fate"	Jansson	Lindahl	20	6.0%
6	"Sins of the Past, Part 1"	Bishop	Spadari	19	5.7%
7	"The Phantom Gladiator, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	16	4.8%
8	"Sins of the Past, Part 2"	Bishop	Spadari	15	4.5%
	"Hooded Justice, Part 1"	Bishop	Velluto
10	"The Drill Boss"	DePaul	Ryan	14	4.2%
11	"The Phantom Gladiator, Part 3"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	13	3.9%
	"The Witch Hunt"	Bishop	Velluto
13	"Destination Haiti"	Bishop	Spadari	10	3.0%
	"The Voyaging Canoe"	DePaul	Ryan
	"Duel at Deadman's Gulch	Reimerthi	Lindahl
16	"The Sinbad Stone"	Nolan	Nolan	8	2.4%
	"Pirates Ahead, Part 2"	DePaul	Felmang
	"Hooded Justice, Part 2	Bishop	Spadari
19	"The Gandor Sect"	Reimerthi	Bade	7	2.1%
20	"Wipe out Bengete"	Reimerthi	Bade	6	1.8%
21	"The Ossuary"	DePaul	Ryan	4	1.2%
	"The Briefcase"	Reimerthi	Nolan
23	"Pirates Ahead, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Boix	1	0.3%
Total:				332	100%

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 the first part of "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"