Best story 2020 (Sweden)

The Best story 2020 vote was held in Fantomen 2-3/2021 and the results were presented in Fantomen 9/2021.

Results

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"A Reckoning with the Nomad"	DePaul	Manley	22
2	"Heloise Comes Home"	DePaul	Manley	21
3	"Revenge of the Drummer"	Worker	Westad	19
4	"The Secret Theatre, Part 1: The Man with the Silver Nose"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	16
5	"The Crusader's Treasure"	DePaul	Olesen, Williams	14
6	"The Ghost Pirates"	Worker	Vallvé	12
	"The Secret Theatre, Part 2: Shakespeare in Venice"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
8	"The Mysterious Passenger"	Wilhelmsson	Wilhelmsson	10
	"Kit's Letter Home"	DePaul	Manley
	"Satan's Horn"	Avenell	Cruz
	"The Man Who Never Slept"	Goodall	Cruz
12	"Shipwrecked"	Worker	Cruz	9
	"The Highway Robbers"	Reimerthi	Ordon
	"Death of a Phantom"	Bishop	Spadari
	"The False Jean Lafitte"	Reimerthi	Spay
16	"Danglor, International Bank Thief"	Falk	McCoy	8
	"Jungle Love"	Andersson	Foley
	"The Masked Ball"	Falk	Barry
19	"Dizzying Affairs"	Avenell	Eralp	5
	"The Secret Theatre, Part 3: The Final Performance"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
21	"The River that Disappears"	Lundström	Wilhelmsson	4
	"The Mysterious Passenger"	Falk	Barry
23	"The Floradon Mystery"	Falk	Olesen, Fredericks	3
	"The Strange Robber"	Reimerthi	Olesen, Williams
	"Stolen Rings"	Reimerthi	Müller, Spay
26	"The Secret of the Ocean Floor"	Wilhelmsson	Wilhelmsson	2
	"The Reef"	Falk	Barry
	"The Mission"	Falk	Barry
29	"Island of the Eternal Mist"	Worker	Vallvé	1
	"Treasure of the Skull Cave"	Falk	Barry
	"The Isle of Death"	Falk	Barry
	"The Eastern Dark at Janorra"	Falk	Barry
	"Errand of Mercy"	Weigel	Weigel
	"No Rest for Mr Walker"	Habinc	Fernandez, Martínez
35	"The Great Web of Spidera"	Falk	Barry	0
	"The Hostages"	Falk	Barry
	"The Embassy Siege"	Falk	Barry
	"Ughland"	Falk	Barry
	"The Secret City"	DePaul	Olesen, Williams
	"The Island"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
Total:				255

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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"