And then just when I had almost recovered from the startling awesomeness of those Arabic Superman comics, Sean draws my attention to these even more incredibly mind-expanding, soul-enriching examples of incredible illustrations done by Takayoshi Mizuki between 1965 and 1972.
I love all of these so much I might actually weep.BEHOLD THEIR MAJESTY!
Along these lines–Coop recently scanned in some old Japanese toy catalogs that are pretty fantastic:
http://positiveapeindex.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/popy-toy-catalogs/