Best story 1998 (Norway)

The Best story 1998 vote was held in Fantomet 1/1999, and the results were presented in Fantomet 10/1999.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle"	Reimerthi	Felmang	37
2	"The Temple of Seven Dolls"	Hansegård, McLaughlin	Spadari	18
3	"Lily Palmer's Secret"	Årnes	Felmang, Benny	16
	"Blind Justice"	Goodall	Boix
	"Ku Klux Klan"	Bade, Granberg	Bade
	"The Last Phantom, Part 2: The Choice"	Reimerthi	Felmang
7	"The Phantom from the Bronx"	Årnes	Bade	14
8	"The Hollywood Murders"	DePaul	Boix	12
	"The Assassination of Prince William"	Årnes	Felmang, Benny
	"Death in Central Park"	DePaul	Boix
	"Revenge of the Harlequin"	Reimerthi	Cruz
	"Return of the Zombies"	Lindahl	Lindahl
	"Goldhand"	Lundström	Bess
14	"City of the Skull-Marked Men"	Goodall	Spadari	10
	"The Mastermind"	Lindahl	Lindahl
16	"The Inheritance"	Moberg	Lindahl	8
	"The Return of Goldhand"	DePaul	Bade
	"The Horns of Jericho"	Moberg	Cruz
19	"The Psychopath"	Moberg	Moberg, Thunborg	6
	"Return of the Crocco Gang"	DePaul	Spadari
	"The Ring of Death, Part 2"	Leppänen, Granberg	Leppänen
22	"Worubu's Secret"	Reimerthi	Cruz	4
	"The Betrayal"	Reimerthi	Bade
	"The Ring of Death, Part 1"	Leppänen, Granberg	Leppänen
	"The Star of Sekhmet"	Ikonen, Hansegård, McLaughlin	Felmang, Morrik
26	"The Curse of Rakshasa"	Ikonen, Hansegård, McLaughlin	Felmang, Benny	0
Total:				263

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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"