I saw the original J.Pretentious Catalog Ads on the Usenet newsgroup talk.bizarre. I believe the first was posted 11 April 1995 by plord@xaostools.com (a hurricane triggered by butterfly's wings).
These are my interpretations.
See also Superheroes' Clothes.
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