Best story 1983 (Sweden)

The Best story 1983 vote was held in Fantomen 27/1983, and the results were presented in Fantomen 9/1984.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Water of Life"	Darell, Ewers	Lindahl	108
2	"The Child Farm"	Darell	Vallvé	91
3	"The Bikie Gang"	Avenell	Bess	80
4	"The Master Magician"	Worker	Lindahl	69
5	"The Moment of Freedom"	Gauraz	Bess	67
6	"Buried Alive"	Avenell	Lindahl	66
7	"The Normal Life"	Falk	Barry	57
	"The Toad Men"	Falk	McCoy
	"Black Ivory"	Gauraz	Bess
10	"The Secret of Snake Island"	Avenell	Bade	54
11	"The Devil's Smoke"	Darell	Bess	52
12	"The Golden Circle"	Falk	Moore	49
13	"Ughland"	Falk	Barry	47
14	"Revenge of the Drummer"	Worker	Westad	44
15	"The Hidden Valley"	Worker	Bade	40
16	"Dead Man's Gold"	Worker	Eralp	39
17	"Hero's Death Sentence"	Darell	Leppänen	34
18	"The Leopard Cult"	Worker	Vallvé	30
19	"The Mask of Death"	Granberg	Vallvé	28
20	"Queen Karola of Kula-Ku"	Falk	Barry	27
21	"The Whispering Statue"	Avenell	Bade	24
22	"The Ghost Comet"	Kharelli	Leppänen	22
	"The White Slave Trade"	Darell	Leppänen
24	"The Curse of the Sacred Image"	Falk	Barry	21
25	"The Terrorists"	Falk	Barry	14
	"The Mysterious Girl"	Falk	Moore
27	"Little Girl"	Falk	Barry	11
	"The Ape Idol of the Durugu"	Falk	McCoy
29	"The Pampered Princess"	Falk	Barry	8
30	"The Scarlet Sorceress"	Falk	Moore, McCoy	6
Total:				1235

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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"