Thing I learned: There’s a Flat Mars Society Facebook page.
There’s a new feature appearing in the upper right of the airplane countdown timer (complete sequence of images here). Palm tree? Talon? Tentacle?
I’ve suspected for a while that the plane wouldn’t be in flight, but held by some sort of giant monster. Not sure why I’ve suspected that, and of course I can’t document my suspicions, but…
Perhaps the flag flying from the front of the plane has a message on it.
Maybe it’s a raptor tail.
Snakes on a plane?
Could be. Randall’s fear of velociraptors has been a topic of several comics.
Too big to be a velociraptor (unless that’s a particularly small airliner, with three teeny-tiny jet engines per wing). More likely a T Rex.
Okay, I’ll buy t-rex.
He’s coming to Chicago to steal Sue!
Sleuths have figured out the reveal. Don’t peek if you want to be surprised. (This is real, not a joke.)
What If? Vol 2 is now listed on Amazon. The airplane with a dino riding is on the cover.
I’m guessing a 737 and those are the trailing-edge flap fairings.
We should see the engines soon.
Half the engine is now visible:
And it’s been officially announced:
Sept 13th? That’s such an early teaser it’s frustrating rather than enticing.
The alt-text is supposed to be 6 rows of squares, but the OneWord software messes that up. I’m not sure what the text at the top “placeble 228 x/6” is supposed to be.
Placeble… 
If you hit the share button on regular Wordle, you get text like that. For example 228 3/6 for Wordle would mean, this is puzzle 228 and it took the person three tries out of six.
ETA: I’m not sure if this part was confusing or not. placeble = placebo + wordle
Thanks for the info.
No I hadn’t caught that, although I did wonder about that word. Sometimes the guy can be pretty subtle.
How many people checked their browser zoom settings when they first saw today’s comic? It’s HUGE.