During a summer heatwave, Moon Knight has been out trying to find a lead on capturing Commodore Planet's terrorist organization. Tracking down one of it's members named Al Jordan just as he is about to run off with his wife. Moon Knight chases him to the roof-tops, however Jordan manages to have the home field advantage and comes at Moon Knight with a stashed crowbar left hidden during Jordan's early criminal career. The fight ends with the two men falling into an empty water tower, Jordan breaking his neck and dying, while Moon Knight is left with no way to get out. He spends the next day suffering in the blistering heat.