Best story 1986 (Sweden)

The Best story 1986 vote was held in Fantomen 26/1986 and the results were presented in Fantomen 10/1987.

Results

Best new story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Battle on Malta"	Worker	Leppänen	98
2	"The Slave's Railway"	Worker	Lindahl	97
3	"The Moor of Death"	Tierres	Vallvé	68
4	"Devil's Adventure"	Worker	Stokes	51
5	"The Cloud Pirates"	Worker	Leppänen	48
6	"Race Against Death"	Granberg	Lindahl	46
7	"Mistaken Identity"	Kharelli	Lindahl	41
8	"Wildman from Bengali"	Avenell	Lindahl	37
9	"The Swamp of Horrors"	Tierres	Wilhelmsson, Eralp	35
10	"Ruler of Baronkhan"	Falk	Barry	33
11	"Duel in Venice"	Worker	Leppänen	30
12	"Pirate Hunt"	Worker	Leppänen	28
	"Secret of the Coin"	Darell	Vallvé
14	"Damballa's Verdict"	Worker	Bade	27
15	"Quabar's Secret"	Darell	Eralp	21
16	"Children of the Fog"	Darell	Bess	18
	"Deadly Infection"	Tierres	Vallvé
18	"Drug Busters"	Falk	Barry	17
19	"Easy Money"	Tierres	Bess	11
20	"Treasure of the Scythians"	Tierres	Vallvé	10
21	"Phantom Head Peak"	Falk	Barry	9
22	"The Demon of Misty Island"	Tierres	Westad, Eralp	8
23	"Secret of the Volcano"	Avenell	Vallvé	7
24	"The Lake Lady"	Falk	Barry	1
25	"The Forest Giants"	Falk	Barry	0
N/A	"Rasputin's Puzzle"	Kharelli	Bess	N/A
Total:				788

Best reprint

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"Devil's Story"	Avenell	Bess	N/A
2	"Ku Klux Klan"	Granberg	Bade	N/A
3	"The Ring"	Granberg	Vallvé	N/A
4	"The Circus Murderer"	Avenell	Leppänen	N/A
5	"The Master Magician"	Worker	Lindahl	N/A
N/A	"The Milk Drinker"	Lundström	Vallvé	N/A
	"The Prisoner in Venice"	Lundström	Vallvé
	"The Avenger from the Sea"	Worker	Bess
	"Poisoned Dreams"	Kharelli	Leppänen
	"Portrait of a Ghost"	Lundström	Vallvé
	"The Ghost Pirates"	Worker	Vallvé
	"Lost on the Phantom Trail"	Th. Pélerin	Leppänen
	"Revenge of the Drummer"	Worker	Westad
Total:				N/A

Notes

• For the first time the Best story vote was divided into separate categories for new and old stories.
• In Fantomen 10/1987, Results were only given for the top 10 new and top 5 reprint stories, and without vote numbers. The full results for the new stories were listed in editorial documents donated to Seriearkivet/The Comics Archive. The story "Rasputin's Puzzle" by Idi Kharelli and Georges Bess is however not on this list at all.

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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"