Best story 1985 (Sweden)

The Best story 1985 vote was held in Fantomen 3/1986, and the results were presented in Fantomen 14/1986.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Beanstalk"	Avenell	Lindahl	137
2	"The Fire of Life"	Tierres	Lindahl	94
3	"Guran's Secret"	Kharelli	Eralp	60
4	"Patrolman Mary"	Worker	Bade	44
5	"Return of the Scorpia"	Worker	Leppänen	43
6	"The Prisoner at Capitolium"	Kharelli	Vallvé	39
7	"The White Horseman"	Darell	Lindahl	38
8	"Black Fagin"	Tierres	Leppänen	32
	"Black Glove, Part 1"	Tierres	Westad
10	"The Wreck in Timpenni Sound"	Tierres	Bade	29
	"The Treasure in the Castle"	Kharelli	Vallvé
12	"The Third Phantom"	Falk	Barry	28
13	"The Temple Treasure"	Granberg	Leppänen	23
14	"Black Glove, Part 2"	Tierres	Westad	22
	"Black Poe's Treasure"	Gauraz	Bess
	"Pirates Ahoy"	Worker	Lindahl
17	"The Coffin from Bombay"	Tierres	Vallvé	19
	"Julie"	Worker	Bess
19	"The Presidents"	Falk	Barry	18
20	"The Carnival of Death"	Tierres	Vallvé	17
21	"The Embassy Siege"	Falk	Barry	14
	"Shamur's Eye"	Tierres	Vallvé
23	"The Crying Idol"	Tierres	Bess	13
24	"The Tiger God"	Darell	Vallvé	8
25	"The Golden Beach of Keela-Wee"	Falk	Barry	6
26	"The Whispering Grove"	Falk	Barry	4
27	"The Kimberly Diamonds"	Falk	Barry	3
Total:				829

Note

• One Team Fantomen story that was published in 1985 was not eligible to vote for: "The Secret of the Golden Snake".

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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"