 It is later revealed that Joseph and Cartaphilus used to be two different people until Joseph fused with Cartaphilus in an attempt to remove his curse, only to become cursed himself.In Katsuhisa Kigitsu's manga "Franken Fran" chapter 24 titled "Immortality" the main character Fran discovers a man who can't die.Once the man is allowed to write he reveals he is in fact The Wandering Jew.