Best story 2025 (Sweden)

The Best story 2025 vote was held in Fantomen 2-3/2026 and the results were presented in Fantomen 12/2026.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Last Viking"	Worker	Lindahl	36
2	"The Childhood of the Phantom"	Falk	McCoy	17
3	"Cold Fish, Hot Money"	Andersson	Ordon	13
4	"The Double"	Granberg	Bade	11
5	"Royal Hero"	Andersson	Foley	8
6	"Return to the Temple of the Gods"	DePaul	Weigel	7
	"The Treasure of the Singh Pirates"	Lundström	Eralp
	"The Temple Treasure"	Granberg	Leppänen
	"The Demon's Lantern"	Eriksson	Nie
	"The Bat of Berlin, Part 1"	Andersson	Ordon
	"The Maharajah's Daughter"	Falk	McCoy
	"The Horn of Roland"	Worker	Cruz
	"Jungle Snow"	Tierres	Felmang
14	"Surrounded by Death"	Eriksson	Nie	6
	"The Lyre of Homer"	Bishop	Spadari
16	"Power of the Apes"	Worker	Spadari	5
	"The Crown Jewels"	Mennigen	Tafalla
18	"In the Shadow of a Friend"	Bergkvist	Bergkvist	4
	"The Delta Pirates"	Falk	Barry
	"The Bat of Berlin, Part 2"	Andersson	Ordon
	"The Blood Gold"	Eklund	Bade
	"Time Takes a Tumble"	Rassy	Ochoa
23	"Valley of the Apes"	DePaul	Velluto	3
	"The Ghost on Tamba Lake"	Lundström	Vallvé
	"Inked in Blood, Part 1"	Andersson	Paulos
	"The Evil Within"	Bishop	Ordon
27	"The Sensational Report"	Mennigen	Tafalla	2
	"The Haunted Castle"	Falk, Felmang	Felmang
	"The Whispering Grove"	Falk	Barry
		Bishop	Ordon
31	"Secret of the Volcano Valley"	Eralp & Reimerthi	Eralp	1
	"The Pygmy Ruby"	Lundström	Eralp
	"The Parasite"	Lundström	Vallvé
	"The Strange Fisherman"	Falk	McCoy
	"Takal's Mask"	Worker	Cruz
	"Inked in Blood, Part 2"	Andersson	Paulos
37	"Quabar's Secret"	Darell	Eralp	0
	"A Dark Matter"	Rassy	Ochoa
	"Kit and the Little People"	Falk	Barry
	"The Vanished Village"	Falk	Olesen, Fredericks
Total:				209

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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"