Best story 2013 (Norway)

The Best story 2013 vote was held in Fantomet 3-4/2014 and the results were presented in Fantomet 13-14/2014.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Slave Ship Zong"	Lundström	Lindahl	43
2	"Year 1349"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	26
3	"The Black King"	Hansegård	Leppänen	24
4	"The Shadows of Rune Noble"	DePaul	Barreto, Ryan, Beatty	19
5	"The Haunted Bay"	Lindahl	Lindahl	18
6	"Rodia - Dawn"	Reimerthi	Boix	17
7	"Rodia - Twilight"	Reimerthi	Felmang	14
8	"The Bandar Idol"	DePaul	Spadari	12
	"Invisible Eyes"	Reimerthi	Bade
10	"The Pandemic"	Madden	Velluto	10
11	"The Nomad"	DePaul	Ryan, Barreto	9
12	"The Devil Camp"	Reimerthi	Saviuk	7
13	"The Search For Mu"	Reimerthi, Lindahl	Spadari	5
14	"Rodia - Night"	Reimerthi	Boix	3
15	"The Basilisk"	Madden	Leppänen	2
16	"The Brotherhood of the Ring"	Reimerthi	Bade	0
	"The Whistleblower"	Bishop	Saviuk
	"The Curse of Robert Fitzgiles"	Madden	Spadari
	"Dirty Business"	Madden	Saviuk
Total:				221

Notes

• Four Sunday stories that were published in serialized form during 2013 were not eligible to vote for: "Phantom Head Peak", "Sunken Treasure", "The Escaped Convicts", and "Queen Amaza's Mate".
• Five daily stories that were published during 2013 were not eligible to vote for: "Romance", "The Devil Road", "The Flirtatious Princess", "The Thuggees", and "The Movie Stars".
• One Team Fantomen story that was published in 2013 was not eligible to vote for: "The Treasure in the Skull Cave".

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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"