Best story 1982 (Sweden)

Best story 1982 was not determined by a traditional single vote, but by a series of votes as part by a Comics Barometer that also included other votes.

Results for the best story (sorted by average rank)

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Average rank	Votes
1	"The Stone Carving People"	Avenell	Bade	1,40	188
2	"The Murderer"	Granberg	Vallvé	1,76	136
3	"Tale of Rex" part 1	Falk	Barry	1,78	144
4	"The Massacre"	Falk	Barry	1,83	92
5	"The Tulip Swindle"	Worker	Vallvé	1,93	116
	"Poisoned Dreams"	Kharelli	Leppänen		180
7	"The Maharajah's Daughter"	Falk	McCoy	1,96	96
8	"The Mysterious Cave"	Kharelli	Bess	2,07	128
9	"The Skull Mark"	Worker	Leppänen	2,13	120
	"The Trial of Patrolman Zokko"	Falk	Barry		156
11	"Tale of Rex" part 2	Falk	Barry	2,20	296
12	"The Boy Detectives"	Avenell	Bess	2,25	64
13	"Lost on the Phantom Trail"	Th. Pélerin	Leppänen	2,39	152
14	"The Mysterious Cave, Part Two: Ch'Gaan's Curse"	Kharelli	Bess	2,48	84
Total:					N/A

Results for the best story (sorted by votes)

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes	Average rank
1	"Tale of Rex" part 2	Falk	Barry	296	2,20
2	"The Stone Carving People"	Avenell	Bade	188	1,40
3	"Poisoned Dreams"	Kharelli	Leppänen	180	1,93
4	"The Trial of Patrolman Zokko"	Falk	Barry	156	2,13
5	"Lost on the Phantom Trail"	Th. Pélerin	Leppänen	152	2,39
6	"Tale of Rex" part 1	Falk	Barry	144	1,78
7	"The Murderer"	Granberg	Vallvé	136	1,76
8	"The Mysterious Cave"	Kharelli	Bess	128	2,07
9	"The Skull Mark"	Worker	Leppänen	120	2,13
10	"The Tulip Swindle"	Worker	Vallvé	116	1,93
11	"The Maharajah's Daughter"	Falk	McCoy	96	1,96
12	"The Massacre"	Falk	Barry	92	1,83
13	"The Mysterious Cave, Part Two: Ch'Gaan's Curse"	Kharelli	Bess	84	2,48
14	"The Boy Detectives"	Avenell	Bess	64	2,25
Total:				N/A

Results for the best story (sorted by average rank and votes)

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Average rank and votes
1	"The Stone Carving People"	Avenell	Bade	1,5
2	"Poisoned Dreams"	Kharelli	Leppänen	4
3	"The Murderer"	Granberg	Vallvé	4,5
	"Tale of Rex" part 1	Falk	Barry
5	"Tale of Rex" part 2	Falk	Barry	6
6	"The Trial of Patrolman Zokko"	Falk	Barry	6,5
7	"The Tulip Swindle"	Worker	Vallvé	7,5
8	"The Mysterious Cave"	Kharelli	Bess	8
	"The Massacre"	Falk	Barry
10	"The Skull Mark"	Worker	Leppänen	9
	"The Maharajah's Daughter"	Falk	McCoy
	"Lost on the Phantom Trail"	Th. Pélerin	Leppänen
13	"The Boy Detectives"	Avenell	Bess	13
14	"The Mysterious Cave, Part Two: Ch'Gaan's Curse"	Kharelli	Bess	13,5
Total:				N/A

Notes

• Results were only given for the top 14 stories.
• "Tale of Rex" was considered as two stories for this vote.

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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" | 2023: "Ku Klux Klan" | 2024: "The Singh Raiders" | 2025: "The Last Viking"