Best story 2015 (Sweden)

The Best story 2015 vote was held in Fantomen 2-3/2016 and the results were presented in Fantomen 9/2016.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"A Plague in Venice"	Lundström	Lindahl	52
2	"Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	20
3	"The Medicine Man's Daughter"	Semb	Spadari	18
4	"Mandrake's Bon Voyage"	DePaul	Beatty	17
5	"1943, Part 1" & "Part 2"	Rassy	Saviuk	14
6	"The Return of Colonel Weeks"	DePaul	Ryan	13
7	"Singh War, Part 1: The Flying Dutchman"	Reimerthi	Spadari	11
8	"The Crying Idol"	Reimerthi	Bess	10
	"A Detente with Crime"	DePaul	Ryan
10	"The Dirty Half-Dozen"	DePaul	Ryan	9
	"Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
	"The Skull Gang"	Reimerthi	Bade
	"The Sea God"	Falk	Barry
14	"Mexico's Phantom‎"	DePaul	Ryan	8
15	"Ticket to Freedom"	Reimerthi	Jonsson	7
	"Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 3"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
17	"The Bourbon Tax"	Hansegård	Bade	6
	"Singh War, Part 2: Rodiagate"	Reimerthi	Bade
19	"Raiders of the Lost City, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Saviuk	5
20	"The Lost Kingdom of Avaria"	DePaul	Ryan	3
	"Death Stalks the 5th Phantom"	DePaul	Beatty
	"The Mysterious Cave"	Kharelli	Bess
	"The Mysterious Cave, Part Two: Ch'Gaan's Curse"	Kharelli	Bess
	"The Doorman"	DePaul	Ryan
	"The College Kid"	DePaul	Ryan
	"The Mark of Cain"	Madden	Ruiz
27	"The Rivals"	Madden	Velluto	2
Total:				265

Notes

• The stories "1943, Part 1" and "Part 2" were considered as one story for this vote.
• Six short The World of the Phantom stories that were published during 2015 were not eligible to vote for.
• One daily story that was published during 2015 was not eligible to vote for: "The Den of Tigers".
• One Phantom Kids story that was published in 2015 was not eligible to vote for: "Kit and Heloise on Adventure"
• Four Dynamite stories that were published in 2015 were not eligible to vote for: "Kings Watch Part 1", "Part 2", "Part 3, and "Part 4.

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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"