Best story 1980 (Sweden)

The Best story 1980 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1980, and the results were presented in Fantomen 9/1981.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Treasure from Rhodes"	Worker	Leppänen	236
2	"Prisoner 21"	Avenell	Bade	230
3	"The Orient Express, Part 2"	Worker	Vallvé	121
4	"Sir Thomas' Revenge"	Granberg	Vallvé	112
5	"The Vault of Missing Men"	Falk	Barry	106
6	"The Unknown Commander, Part 2"	Worker	Bess	93
7	"The Mysterious Murders"	Avenell	Eralp	89
8	"The Masked Marvel"	Falk	McCoy	81
9	"The Tree House"	Falk	Barry	75
10	"The Orient Express, Part 1"	Worker	Vallvé	61
11	"The Unknown Commander, Part 1"	Worker	Bess	56
12	"The Girls"	Falk	McCoy	55
13	"The Pirate Inheritance"	Avenell	Leppänen	54
14	"The Vultures"	Falk	Barry	53
15	"The Secret of Sanloi Bay"	Worker	Bade	40
16	"Mister Hog"	Falk	McCoy	38
17	"The Dangerous Portrait"	Granberg	Vallvé	36
18	"The Return of General Bababu"	Falk	Barry	35
19	"The White Monkey"	Falk	McCoy	20
20	"The Game of Alvar"	Falk	Moore	17
	"Blind Man's Bluff"	Wood	Lignante
22	"The Ambassador"	Granberg	Vallvé	14
23	"The Fence"	Falk	Barry	12
24	"The Mysterious Passenger"	Falk	Barry	10
25	"The Blue Gang"	Falk	McCoy	9
26	"The Crooner"	Falk	McCoy	8
27	"Jungle Olympics"	Falk	Barry	5
28	"The Name"	Falk	Barry	1
Total:				1.684

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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"