Best story 2017 (Norway)

The Best story 2017 vote was held in Fantomet 2/2018 and the results were presented in Fantomet 5/2018.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Karabasan League"	Madden	Boix	23
2	"Black Dagger, Part 1: The Rag Doll" "Black Dagger, Part 2: The Curse of Black Annis"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	19
3	"Frisco Frenzy"	Rassy	Bade	16
4	"Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 1: Princess Sin" "Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 2: Deadly Passion" "Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 3: Sentenced to Doom"	Worker	Bess	15
5	"The Baronkhan Sedition"	DePaul	Ryan, Manley	13
	"The 22nd Phantom, Part 3: The Man in the Shadows"	Reimerthi	Ruiz, Martínez
7	"Secret of the Arctic"	Worker	Bess	9
	"Secret of the Cave Island"	Worker	Bess
9	"The Wiseguy"	DePaul	Beatty	8
	"Shadows over Spyglass"	Reimerthi	Boix
11	"Lost at Sea, Part 1: The Island of Mysteries" "Lost at Sea, Part 2: The Singing Statues"	Reimerthi	Spadari	6
12	"The Mark of Cain"	Madden	Ruiz	5
13	"The Ghost of Thanatos"	Reimerthi	Bade	4
14	"The Man with Six Fingers"	Reimerthi	Saviuk	3
15	"The Mona Lisa Caper"	Worker	Vallvé	2
	"Evil Forces"	Worker	Vallvé
17	"The Avenger from the Sea"	Worker	Bess	1
	"The Nuclear Pirates"	Worker	Bess
	"The Ghost Cliff"	Worker	Bess
	"The Stone Carving People"	Avenell	Bade
21	"The Snake Girl"	Lundström	Vallvé	0
	"Trouble in the Twelve Nations"	DePaul	Beatty
	"The Killer"	Falk	Barry
	"Snake in Paradise"	Reimerthi	Spadari
	"The Sea God"	Falk	Barry
	"The Challenge"	DePaul	Ryan
	"The Skeleton Coast"	Worker	Bess
	"The Storm"	Worker	Bess
	"Red Zone"	Bishop	Ruiz
Total:				159

Notes

• These stories were considered as one story for this vote:
  • "Black Dagger, Part 1: The Rag Doll" & "Part 2: The Curse of Black Annis"
  • "Pirates of the Red Dragon, Part 1: Princess Sin" & "Part 2: Deadly Passion" & "Part 3: Sentenced to Doom"
  • "Lost at Sea, Part 1: The Island of Mysteries" & "Part 2: The Singing Statues"
• Two short The World of the Phantom stories that were published during 2017 were not eligible to vote for.

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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"