Best story 1986 (Sweden)

The Best story 1986 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1986 and the results were presented in Fantomen 10/1987.

Results

Best new story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Battle on Malta"	Worker	Leppänen	N/A
2	"The Slave's Railway"	Worker	Lindahl	N/A
3	"The Moor of Death"	Tierres	Vallvé	N/A
4	"Devil's Adventure"	Worker	Stokes	N/A
5	"The Cloud Pirates"	Worker	Leppänen	N/A
6	"Race Against Death"	Granberg	Lindahl	N/A
7	"Mistaken Identity"	Kharelli	Lindahl	N/A
8	"Wildman from Bengali"	Avenell	Lindahl	N/A
9	"The Swamp of Horrors"	Tierres	Wilhelmsson, Eralp	N/A
10	"Ruler of Baronkhan"	Falk	Barry	N/A
N/A	"Drug Busters"	Falk	Barry	N/A
	"Children of the Fog"	Darell	Bess
	"Secret of the Coin"	Darell	Vallvé
	"Quabar's Secret"	Darell	Eralp
	"Easy Money"	Tierres	Bess
	"Treasure of the Scythians"	Tierres	Vallvé
	"Duel in Venice"	Worker	Leppänen
	"The Demon of Misty Island"	Tierres	Westad, Eralp
	"The Forest Giants"	Falk	Barry
	"The Lake Lady"	Falk	Barry
	"Rasputin's Puzzle"	Kharelli	Bess
	"Deadly Infection"	Tierres	Vallvé
	"Pirate Hunt"	Worker	Leppänen
	"Secret of the Volcano"	Avenell	Vallvé
	"Damballa's Verdict"	Worker	Bade
	"Phantom Head Peak"	Falk	Barry
Total:				N/A

Best reprint

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"Devil's Story"	Avenell	Bess	N/A
2	"Ku Klux Klan"	Granberg	Bade	N/A
3	"The Ring"	Granberg	Vallvé	N/A
4	"The Circus Murderer"	Avenell	Leppänen	N/A
5	"The Master Magician"	Worker	Lindahl	N/A
N/A	"The Milk Drinker"	Lundström	Vallvé	N/A
	"The Prisoner in Venice"	Lundström	Vallvé
	"The Avenger from the Sea"	Worker	Bess
	"Poisoned Dreams"	Kharelli	Leppänen
	"Portrait of a Ghost"	Lundström	Vallvé
	"The Ghost Pirates"	Worker	Vallvé
	"Lost on the Phantom Trail"	Th. Pélerin	Leppänen
	"Revenge of the Drummer"	Worker	Westad
Total:				N/A

Notes

• For the first time the Best story vote was divided into separate categories for new and old stories.
• Results were only given for the top 10 new and top 5 reprint stories, and without vote numbers.

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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"