I haven't read any Frankencastle included comics yet, is it canon / reasonable that he's changed?

Honestly the name changing doesn't bother me especially since I keep myself informed so I know what to get.Other than issues involved in purchasing I don't mind a book changing names.I may have a problem with the development that sparked the change to begin with but the actual name of the book is insignificant except for identifying purposes.That being said there are a few titles that I hope never get changed or renumbered. 

I hate this so much, especially all the X-titles that are out there. First there was The X-Men, then it added the 'Uncanny', then they got another series and called it X-Men, then that changed its name to New X-Men but kept the numbering, then it went back to just X-Men (why?), but then there's still a series called New X-Men (this is where I get even more confused), but then that turned into Young X-Men? And then X-Men turns into X-Men: Legacy. Why? Why do they do this to us? It's complicated enough when you're reading it as it happens but to a newcomer it's nearly impossible to figure out.
It would be nice to start reading a series without the need for a degree in Advanced Rhetoric.

I find this completely confusing and many times unnecessary. If there's that much of a change, why not just start a new volume because they never have a problem restarting a volume.

Then they start a new volume, realize they're near a milestone number if they revert to the old numbering, and revert to the old numbering. I hate that Marvel! Stop it!!

Ya I ran into this problem looking for old trades of Incredible Hercules. I didn't realize Incredible Hercules came out of Incredible Hulk, until I did a little more digging. Although I was surprised that Herc was almost near 200 issues and I hadn't noticed it :) I don't know what happened with just having a story arc title, like for Franken-Castle, why not just title the story that and not the whole series, unless Marvel really plans to keep him this way for the long run. Yet if that is the case, they should just start at #1.

Well, for any new reader who might begin with Franken-Castle #17 and hope to read any previous issue of Franken-Castle will have to do their little research on the net to learn where this character's been before. Just go online and look for it and you will find out that it was Punisher #01 to 16 and then it becomes Franken-Castle #17.  
 
I've done so much research on Marvel titles that date back to the 60s because I want to go back to the beginning. I've spent hours upon hours digging around looking to understand relaunches and retitling, but I got through it. I'd visit website after website looking to organize myself.  
 
So really, in the end, changing the title shouldn't cause a problem to any new reader because all they need to do is do some research and they'll get all their answers.

I don't find the problem with changing the name and continuing the title series...
I think my biggest problem is when (Ultimate Spider-Man) titles are stopped to then be re-numbered into #1 (Ultimate Comics Spider-Man)
 
If a Dark Wolverine takes over the book then the title should be re-named... 

I know it's a pain in the rear to organize them, especially if you have a virtual catalog of your collection like Comic Vine, but I rather like that the title of a series is not changed... if the change is reasonable, of course. For example, G-Man mentions (Batman and the) Outsiders. I'm fine with the change. The "volume" focuses on the story of that group that started as Batman and the Outsiders and became just "Outsiders" later on its history. If a new volume would have been started from scratch, that continuity would have been broken. DC is reverting back to the old numbering with Wonder Woman in a couple of months to match her #600 with Bats' and Supes' #700. That's iffy, if you ask me. Better keep the same numbering than going back to one that was abandoned years ago.

This isn't exactly the same thing but what do you think about "Cable & Deadpool" becoming "Deadpool & Cable," which is what they've done.  It seems dumb to me, especially since "Cable & Deadpool" seems to flow better.  I'm guessing Marvel did this to make it easier for new Deadpool fans to become aware of the series but I don't like it.

Don't bother me. Wusses! lol

I just had to delete over 40 Star Wars comics because they were already here under a different title. 
 
I HATE TITLE CHANGES

When Wolverine became Dark Wolverine, I had no clue until (just about) recently that it was a continuation of Wolverine and that the other title had been cancelled.
Maybe if I had been reading Wolverine.
But still, I didn't know Wolverine had become Dark Wolverine.  I just thought it was a new comic for Dark Reign, Dark Wolverine.  Just like when they put out Ares.

i dont mind
they shouldnt cancel and restart the series if it has a roster or name change

Personally, I'd rather see new volumes with new titles... for each new storyline.  So Punisher should have been axed months ago to call it Franken-Castle.  I guess they were just testing the waters to see if it was popular enough to re-brand it though.

the namde chang eis fine as long as they change it back to normal at some point

I find it very annoying. Why not just start #1? It makes it very difficult to find back issues if they series has changed titles multiple times.

" Personally, I'd rather see new volumes with new titles... for each new storyline.  So Punisher should have been axed months ago to call it Franken-Castle.  I guess they were just testing the waters to see if it was popular enough to re-brand it though. "

I personally hate reboots of series when the title stays the same but the series goes back to #1. Iron Man's done this a ton of times and it makes it hard to keep track of the various volumes and their orders.

If it's clearly connected (e.g. Punisher/Frankencastle) or a temporary shift of an "impostor" type event (e.g. Dark Wolverine) then it should retain its numbers.
 
If it's a replacement series that plans to go on in its own direction (e.g. Cable/X-Man), renumber it.

This renumbering nonsense bothers me too.   This really got on my nerves one recent afternoon while I was sorting through and re-alphabetizing some stuff and had to make sense of the ridiculous Flash, Hulk and Thor issue timelines.

Here is that they should do. If they change the Name the number automatically starts at #1. There is NO real reason that Dark Wolverine should start at 75 unless it reverts back to plain ol' Wolverine after the Dark Reign event or if it is just changing the name storyline-wise (IE: Franken-Castle) Why not have it be a sur-name like The Punisher: Franken-Castle? If it is just a new volume (like the upcoming re-numbering of all the Avenger books) have it be #1 but underneath it have another number, like for New Avengers it could be New Avengers Marvel: #1 Varient Edition then under all that in small text #65 or whatever. And if ALL that doesn't work have it be in the publishing details. When Hercules took over the Incredible Hulk book and it changed it's name, for the first few issues it was still TECHNICALLY labled under Incredible Hulk in the fine print. If all else fails just stick the REAL number there.

As someone who keeps his comics organized in a file cabinet, I also hate this. I didn't make a new folder for Dark Wolverine, though I did consider it... I guess I won't make one for Franken-Castle either. But still, I don't like it...

this may have been a bug or something but when i was on the marvel comics catolog onley the varint was franken castle  

It is a bit confusing.

i totally agree man!changing titles in c.books sucks a bit.Specialy in dark wolverine's story.they could have made a new book serie.

Don't like it.

Please dont change the punisher charcter page to franken castle. im begging you. please, please ,please dont do that. 

one thing that does bother me about the punisher's books is that their now just PUNISHER, not THE PUNISHER. that really annoys me for whatever reason.

Dude don't forget to add,that soon(after dark wolverine 86 or 87)Dark wolverine will change title but Daken will stay as a main character