| Superhero comics C Gavaler Superhero Comics, 1-376, 2017 | 77 | 2017 |
| On the origin of superheroes: from the big bang to action comics no. 1 C Gavaler University of Iowa Press, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
| The genre effect: A science fiction (vs. realism) manipulation decreases inference effort, reading comprehension, and perceptions of literary merit C Gavaler, D Johnson Scientific Study of Literature 7 (1), 79-108, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Clarifying closure C Gavaler, LA Beavers Journal of graphic novels and Comics 11 (2), 182-211, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| The Ku Klux Klan and the birth of the superhero C Gavaler Superheroes and Identities, 27-44, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| The rise and fall of fascist superpowers C Gavaler Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 7 (1), 70-87, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| The Well-Born Superhero. C Gavaler Journal of American Culture 37 (2), 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| The Imperial Superhero C Gavaler PS: Political Science & Politics 47 (1), 108-111, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Superhero Thought Experiments: Comic Book Philosophy C Gavaler, N Goldberg University of Iowa Press, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
| Undemocratic layout: Eight methods of accenting images C Gavaler The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship 8 (1), 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| The Comics Form: The Art of Sequenced Images C Gavaler Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
| Refining the comics form C Gavaler European Comic Art 10 (2), 1-23, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Loving Lassos: Wonder Woman, Kink, and Care M Chavez, C Gavaler, N Goldberg Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique, 188-197, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| The anti-superhero in literary fiction C Gavaler Image & Narrative 17 (3), 32-45, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
| Beyond bullshit: Donald Trump’s philosophy of language C Gavaler, N Goldberg Philosophy Now 121, 22-23, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
| Alan Moore, Donald Davidson, and the Mind of Swampmen. C Gavaler, N Goldberg Journal of Popular Culture 50 (2), 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
| Revising fiction, fact, and faith: A philosophical account N Goldberg, C Gavaler Routledge, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
| Creating Comics: A Writer's and Artist's Guide and Anthology C Gavaler, LA Beavers Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021 | 5 | 2021 |
| Zombies vs. Superheroes: The Walking Dead Resurrection of Fantastic Four Gender Formulas C Gavaler Interdisciplinary Comics Studies 7 (4), 2014 | 5 | 2014 |
| The literary genre effect: A one-word science fiction (vs. realism) manipulation reveals intrinsic text properties outweigh extrinsic expectations of literary quality C Gavaler, D Johnson Scientific Study of Literature 9 (1), 34-52, 2019 | 4 | 2019 |
