Best story 1979 (Sweden)

The Best story 1979 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1979, and the results were presented in Fantomen 9/1980.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"Devil's Story"	Avenell	Bess	597
2	"Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 3: Sentenced to Doom"	Worker	Bess	238
3	"The Heirs"	Falk	Barry	182
4	"Grand Prix"	Worker	Wilhelmsson, Eralp	161
5	"The Russian Chess Game"	Avenell	Vallvé	106
6	"The Floating Coffin"	Worker	Leppänen	101
7	"Carnival in Rio"	Worker	Westad	86
8	"The Truck Pirates"	Worker	Vallvé	82
9	"The Gladiator"	Falk	Barry	78
10	"The Flute of Death"	Avenell	Leppänen	73
11	"Jungle City"	Falk	Barry	65
12	"Dangerous Inheritance"	Granberg, Vallvé	Vallvé	62
13	"Bent Beak Broder"	Falk	McCoy	57
14	"Llongo's Amulet"	Avenell	Bade	48
15	"Plague Warning"	Avenell	Bade	43
16	"Luaga's Undercover Tour"	Falk	Barry	37
17	"Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 2: Deadly Passion"	Worker	Bess	29
18	"Jungle Gold"	Falk	Barry	28
19	"Emergency Landing in the South Seas"	Eklund, Worker	Bade	26
	"The Airplane Pirates"	Worker	Vallvé
21	"Mahmoud and the Elixir of Life"	Worker	Eralp	25
22	"Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 1: Princess Sin"	Worker	Bess	22
23	"The Missing Daddy"	Falk	Barry	21
24	"False Play"	Avenell	Eralp	15
25	"The False Prince"	Worker	Leppänen	14
26	"The Star of Bangalla"	Falk	Barry	9
27	"Pirate Day"	Falk	McCoy	3
Total:				2.234

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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"