Best story 2023 (Sweden)

The Best story 2023 vote was held in Fantomen 2-3/2024 and the results were presented in Fantomen 10-11/2024.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"Ku Klux Klan"	Bade, Granberg	Bade	63
2	"The Missing Aviatrix"	Fredericks	Fredericks	30
3	"Loki's Treasure"	Frognes	Leppänen	28
4	"The Phantom Goes to Hell"	Andersson	Ochoa	26
5	"Kit & Katya"	Madden	Ordon	25
6	"Death in the Himalayas"	DePaul	Manley	22
7	"The Chronicle of Old Man Mozz"	DePaul	Manley	17
8	"The Heir of Frankenstein"	Boix	Boix	16
9	"The Prisoner in Marrakech"	Lundström	Vallvé	15
10	"Nest of the Undead"	Andersson	Boix	13
11	"Beneath the Streets of Paris"	Andersson	Ochoa	12
12	"The Shadow of Fear"	Karlsson	Pedrazzini	11
	"The Links in the Chain"	Eriksson	Rodriguez
	"The Wolfman of Montargis"	Worker	Lindahl
	"Joomba Missing"	Eralp	Eralp
	"Tirangi's Burial Ground"	Borgnes	Leppänen
17	"Captured from Above"	Frenz	Ordon	9
18	"The Slavers"	Lundström, Eralp	Eralp	8
	"The Ingenues"	DePaul	Weigel
20	"Crocco Island West"	DePaul	Ryan	7
	"On the Roofs of Paris"	Andersson	Ochoa
	"The Gargoyle of Notre Dame"	Andersson	Ochoa
	"The All-Seeing Eye Stone"	Habinc	Ordon
24	"The Visitor"	DePaul	Weigel	6
25	"The Secret of Polymos"	Avenell	Spadari	4
	"Balloon for the Moon"	Andersson	Ochoa
	"Murder at Maxim's"	Andersson	Ochoa
28	"The Albee"	Falk	Olesen, Williams	3
	"Wildman from Bengali"	Avenell	Lindahl
	"Jane Saves the President"	Andersson	Ochoa
31	"To Wrack and Ruin at Gravelines"	DePaul	Manley	2
32	"Marked for Life"	Wallin	Weatherley	1
	"Waterman"	Falk	Olesen, Fredericks
Total:				406

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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"