Best story 2012 (Sweden)

The Best story 2012 vote was held in Fantomen 2-3/2013 and the results were presented in Fantomen 10-11/2013.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes	Percentage of votes
1	"The Pirates' Prisoner"	Lundström	Lindahl	31	15.0%
2	"The Runestone Saga"	Pellerin	Boix	27	13.0%
3	"Secret of the Templar Knights"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	23	11.0%
4	"Prisoner in the Skull Cave"	Reimerthi	Lindahl	20	10.0%
5	"The Resurrection Man"	Reimerthi	Bade	17	8.0%
6	"Trapped in the Pack Ice"	DePaul	Boix	12	5.0%
7	"The Gulf of Aden Pirates"	Kajander	Leppänen	10	4.9%
	"The Coffin"	Pellerin	Bade
9	"Save Jerusalem"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	8	3.9%
	"Valley of the Apes"	DePaul	Velluto
	"U-118"	Pellerin	Leppänen
12	"Bigfoot"	Pellerin	Boix	7	3.3%
	"Burnt Offering"	Reimerthi	Bade
14	"The Strange Girl"	Ferri	Ferri	6	3.0%
15	"Grinning Jack's Treasure"	Reimerthi	Spadari	5	2.4%
16	"The Curse of Djudju"	DePaul	Felmang, Ferri	3	1.5%
	"The Final Days"	Pellerin	Velluto
18	"The Poisoned Land"	Pellerin	Spadari	2	1.0%
19	"The Jungle Vampire"	DePaul	Felmang, Ferri	0	0.0%
Total:				206	100%

Notes

• Six Sunday stories that were published in serialized form during 2012 were not eligible to vote for: the third part of "The Eastern Dark", "The Golden Beach of Keela-Wee", "The Deadliest Animals in the Jungle", "The Third Phantom", "The Whispering Grove", and "The Forest Giants".
• Six daily stories that were published during 2012 were not eligible to vote for: "Diana Aviatrix Lost", "The Phantom's Treasure", "Lago the Lake God", "The Wild Girl", "Princess Valerie", and "Queen Asta of Trondelay".

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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"