Best Story Norway

   Best Story is an annual vote among readers of Fantomet to determine the most popular story published in the magazine during the year.

Winners

Year	Title	Writer	Artist
1979	"The Heirs"	Lee Falk	Sy Barry
1983	"Tale of Rex"	Lee Falk	Sy Barry
1984	"Hero"	Donne Avenell	Jaime Vallvé
1985	"Pirates of the Yellow Snake"	Norman Worker	Jaime Vallvé
1986 (tie)	"The Beanstalk" "Race Against Death"	Donne Avenell Ulf Granberg	Hans Lindahl Hans Lindahl
1987	"Devil's Adventure"	Norman Worker	John Stokes
1988	"Eden"	Donne Avenell	Hans Lindahl
1989	"The Last Unicorn"	Norman Worker	Kari Leppänen
1990	"The Last Emperor"	Norman Worker	Carlos Cruz
1991	"Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers "	Donne Avenell	Kari Leppänen
1992	"The Wolf is Coming"	Sverre Årnes	César Spadari
1993	"Aron"	Tony DePaul	Hans Lindahl
1994	"The Commander is Dead"	Donne Avenell	Kari Leppänen
1995	"The Demon's Image"	Tony DePaul	Heiner Bade
1996	"Johnny Hotwire"	Tony DePaul	Hans Lindahl
1997	"The Ghost Who Died Twice"	Norman Worker	Hans Lindahl
1998	"The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle"	Claes Reimerthi	Felmang
1999	"Devil's Story"	Donne Avenell	Georges Bess
2000	"The Phantom vs Singh 2050"	Claes Reimerthi	Hans Lindahl
2001	"The Invisible Phantom"	Ben Raab	Paul Ryan
2002	"In A Strange Land, Part 2"	Claes Reimerthi	César Spadari
2003	"My Darling Pirate"	David Bishop	César Spadari
2004	"Son of the Pirate Queen"	David Bishop	César Spadari
2005	"The King of Norway"	Nils Nordberg	Hans Lindahl
2006	"The Singh Brotherhood"	Lee Falk	Ray Moore
2007	"Dogai - The Road to Power" (new story) "The Commander is Dead" (reprint)	Claes Reimerthi Donne Avenell	Hans Lindahl Kari Leppänen
2008	"The Devil of Ravenscar" (new story) "Kingdom of the Amazons" (reprint)	Claes Reimerthi Scott Goodall	Heiner Bade Felmang, Germano Ferri
2009	"Duel at Deadman's Gulch"	Claes Reimerthi	Hans Lindahl
2010	"The Cabin Boy and the Princess"	Janne Lundström	Hans Lindahl
2011	"The Gulf of Aden Pirates"	Nils Kajander	Kari Leppänen
2012	"The Pirates' Prisoner"	Janne Lundström	Hans Lindahl
2013	"The Slave Ship Zong"	Janne Lundström	Hans Lindahl
2014	"Death of a Pirate Queen"	David Bishop	César Spadari
2015	"A Plague in Venice"	Janne Lundström	Hans Lindahl
2016	"John X" & "Patrolman X"	Tony DePaul	Paul Ryan
2017	"The Karabasan League"	Philip Madden	Joan Boix

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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"