Best story 1984 (Sweden)

The Best story 1984 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1984, and the results were presented in Fantomen 10/1985.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The First Phantom"	Tierres	Leppänen	69
2	"The Devil's Brotherhood, Part 1: The Red Staff"	Kharelli	Lindahl	47
3	"Pirates of the Yellow Snake"	Worker	Vallvé	45
	"The Floating Island"	Darell	Lindahl
5	"The Devil's Brotherhood, Part 3: The Final Battle"	Kharelli	Lindahl	37
6	"Poker with a Ghost"	Worker	Eralp	30
	"Plague Infected"	Worker	Vallvé
8	"Hero"	Avenell	Vallvé	26
9	"The Dagger"	Darell	Vallvé	24
10	"The Treasure of the Barracuda"	Worker	Vallvé	22
	"The Valley of Death"	Darell	Bade
12	"The Ladykiller"	Kharelli	Westad	21
13	"The Message"	Worker	Leppänen	19
14	"The Curse"	Darell	Eralp	18
15	"The Convent Treasure"	Avenell	Bade	17
	"Visit to Baronkhan"	Falk	Barry
17	"The Devil's Brotherhood, Part 2: Tiger General"	Kharelli	Lindahl	15
18	"The Phantom's Unknown Sister"	Kharelli	Bess	13
19	"The Secret"	Avenell	Vallvé	12
20	"Gold Fever, Part 2"	Tierres	Vallvé	9
21	"Gold Fever, Part 1"	Tierres	Vallvé	8
	"The Man Who Could Not Die"	Kharelli	Bess
	"Mysterious Karapura"	Falk	Barry
24	"Luck and Wealth"	Falk	Barry	7
25	"The Snake Ring"	Darell	Leppänen	6
26	"Commando 11"	Darell	Bess	2
	"The Eastern Dark"	Falk	Barry
Total:				579

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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"