Best story 2016 (Norway)

The Best story 2016 vote was held in Fantomet 2/2017 and the results were presented in Fantomet 6/2017.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"John X" & "Patrolman X"	DePaul	Ryan	32
2	"Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 4: A Diabolical Plan", "Part 5: Revolt", and "Part 6: The King of Louisiana"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	27
3	"The 22nd Phantom, Part 1: The Empty Throne" & "The 22nd Phantom, Part 2: Baptism of Fire"	Reimerthi	Ryan, Saviuk	23
4	"The Slave's Railway"	Worker	Lindahl	19
5	"The Disappearance of Prince Rex"	Avenell	Bade	16
6	"Terror's Mutiny"	DePaul	Ryan	15
7	"The Sky Band"	Falk	Moore	12
	"The Plunderers of Kinloch Island"	Reimerthi	McLeod, Whigham
9	"The Singh Brotherhood"	Falk	Moore	11
10	"The Iceman"	DePaul	Beatty	5
	"Mystery of the Ivy Crown"	Siverbo	Boix
12	"The Aeronaut"	DePaul	Ryan	4
13	"Death in the Sky"	Granberg	Vallvé	3
	"The Scarlet Sorceress"	Falk	Moore, McCoy
15	"Predator's Road"	Reimerthi	Bade	1
	"The Battlements of the Nomad"	DePaul	Beatty
	"The Phantom Cult"	Madden	Velluto
18	"The Thief"	Reimerthi	Saviuk	0
	"The Scoundrel"	DePaul	Ryan
	"The Rattle"	Falk	McCoy
	"Nuclear Terror"	Semb	Ruiz
	"Bullets' Town"	Falk	Barry
Total:				190

Notes

• The stories "John X" and "Patrolman X" were considered as one story for this vote.
• The stories "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 4: A Diabolical Plan", "Part 5: Revolt", and "Part 6: The King of Louisiana" were considered as one story for this vote.
• The stories "The 22nd Phantom, Part 1: The Empty Throne" and "The 22nd Phantom, Part 2: Baptism of Fire" were considered as one story for this vote.
• One Sunday story that was published during 2016 was not eligible to vote for: "The Gibs Brothers".
• Four Dynamite stories that were published during 2016 were not eligible to vote for: "Kings Watch Part 2", "Part 3", "Part 4", and "Part 5".
• One Team Fantomen short-story that was published during 2016 was not eligible to vote for: "Bandits in the Gordo Pass".
• One Phantom Kids story that was published during 2016 was not eligible to vote for: "The Monster Within Us".

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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" | 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"