Here we go, FrankenCastle.  Is there any way this will work?  The Punisher was sliced and diced by Daken in Dark Reign: The List - Punisher.  I really wasn't sure what to think when I first heard about this.  Let's have a look and see if it's any good.
 
 

honestly?  I thought this issue was one of the worst books that I've read in a long time.  It just seemed so corny compared to the last arc and The List Issue 
 
I've never been a big fan of the Punisher but he was starting to grow on me with this new series but after this issue I'm seriously thinking about dropping this series

I really liked the initial arc Remender wrote (And it had some spiffy art).
 
But this won't work.

It kinda makes sense that Frank would eventually die, but coming back as a FrankenCastle, well... I have to read it to judge it properly.

I'm a big Punisher fan (since early 90s when I got into comics) and I'm not fond of the Frankencastle idea. I think Marvel can do whatever they want, but it's just not something I'm going to buy. I'll trick myself into thinking that Frank really died at the hands of Daken and wait until they reboot Frank in the future before picking up the Punisher series again.  I skimmed over #11 and the story seemed okay, but I'd rather just have Marvel invent a new Dr Frankenstein's monster and make a title dedicated to monster genre stuff. I don't think it's a bad book, but I think they jumped the shark with Frank again.
 
Punishermax #1 came out a week prior to The Punisher #11, so for any die-hard Punisher fans, I'm betting they'll just jump over to Punishermax. If the die-hards haven't jumped over to Punishermax, then they should check it out at their LCS. Punishermax just rebooted and issue #1 was last week, so it's a great jumping on point. (Note: That's what I did. I canceled my pull for The Punisher and added Punishermax at my LCS.)
 
The attraction to Punisher has always been that he's a normal (non-superpowered) guy who's flipped out. He doesn't have any super powers, just technology and motivation. He's always been out matched by the super-villains, but he has a desire/hatred that drives him. He's an underdog who comes out on top sometimes. He's like an anti-hero Nick Fury without government or superhero support, but I don't know why Marvel can't find a good spot for him in the Marvel universe. Maybe they should have just let the 616 Punisher die and end the series after The List.  Marvel could have had Frank injected with Super-Soldier serum and started a new story arc, which I think would have been a much better and more fitting story arc.

relax. mephisto will turn him back to normal when sales drop.

I love it! :D

Monster's have feelings too.

Ok, I don't read a lot of Punisher although i am a fan of the character, I read a few recent issues and i dug them a lot, enough to concider picking up the dark reign punisher series but then i heard this news about them making him into a frankenstein ( my favorite monster by the way) but i couldn't get behind this and put me off from picking up his series. Is this supposed to be a joke? Not trying to sound mean, but seriously is this now a comedy series? or are they taking this completly seriously? I'm so confused with this direction, im just not sure what to make of it.  But in a world of clones healing factors and alternate realities it is possible to get the original frank back. 
Remeber that stint of him being a demon who shot fire from his guns? so this isnt the first time hes been a monster and returned. Hell maybe he will make a deal with the devil and change back, but that would just be to easy......cough cough.

G-Man, I'm SOOOOO glad that you had Monster Mash playing in the background. That's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the promo for Franken Castle. If you do any more Punisher reviews (which you said you would), please....PLEASE continue playing Monster Mash in the background. I would be forever grateful.

Last time i remember, Monster Island was the home of Godzilla, Anguirus and Minilla :P

The Punisher is turning into Deadpool....

Dumb. 
I've always thought that The Punisher was sort of a douche, but this thing they've done there is just... dumb. 
Quit being dumb.

I like the art too.  I'll read this tomorrow.  G-Man you are truly funny in this video.

I thought it was gonna play out with norman collecting the parts rebuilding frank and then using him as some secret weapon hero hunter thing IDK
point of post : Marvel just took a few weird ideas tossed them in a blender and hoped whatever came out was drinkable without inducing uncontrollable vomiting. 

" @Vance Astro: In the sense that his face scares small children, or that he's being overused? "

" I'm almost with G-man on this : so dumb that it could work...or not !  G-Man has said the truth : the punisher story was getting oooold (I find the bad guy, and I kill him...) so change is not all bad  for a while... "

Ok, finally my two cents:
 
$0.01: I see the problem that Remender is addressing. He wants to bring the Punisher out of limitations of an ordinary man deranged by his loss. It's been done before. Who remembers when they made the Punisher into a black man? Talk about visions of the movie Soul Man. Then they killed the Punisher (BTW that was written by Garth Ennis). Brought him back as a undead Boogy man with Angel powered weapons. That didn't last long at all either. 
 
$0.02: The problem I have, this is a half ass attempt to retro Marvel's horror titles from the late 60s-70s. Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf, Man-Thing, Mummy, etc were amazing titles. The story-telling was leaps and bounds better than a lot of titles today. I got a problem with Morbius and his monster squad acting so unlike themselves. I wouldn't put it past Morbius to create Franken-Castle but he's also a very unstable guy who isn't all there. Keep that about his character. Really create a homage to these great characters. These monsters are so powerful they don't need saving to be honest. 
 
If I did the re-make: Why not have Frank's body parts stored until in the future, someone re-animates him in a apocalyptic future? Not only can you have all the same kind of fun but its Frank in a dystopian future and when he leaves back to his time in a new body (cause we know its not permanent) the concept serves as a blue print for Deathlok. I mean, if you're going to deconstruct the Punisher, take him all the way out of his element. 
 
One thing about Remender, he always likes that sniveling side kick whether it be one of the Hood's cronies or Frank's sidekick or Morbius who is a coward (again, huh?)...I hope he cuts that out as his writing crutch.

" Monster's have feelings too. "

They'll have to eventually change it back, I like Frank as a non-powered human with high-tech weapons. Marvel has enough of characters with super-powers and power-suits. Maybe he'll make a deal with The Hood or someone to change him back.
 
I liked the series so far, so I'll stick with this and see how far it goes.

Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf, Man-Thing, Mummy, etc were amazing titles. The story-telling was leaps and bounds better than a lot of titles today. I got a problem with Morbius and his monster squad acting so unlike themselves.

This story arc is not innovative. It's crap! Punisher's a monster. Wow. Frank has been the most ass-kicking character of Marvel. First he gets chopped by Daken and now this? It's too much for me (and I'm a die-very-hard Punisher fan). I hope they can take him to normal. I agree with G-man that the "angelic killer" stuff was also crap. And I like Tony Moore's art. But not in this comic book. It's supposed to be dark and gloomy and he can do that, but not in this occasion. Maybe it's all Remender's fault. 

" @Dark Sandman: I think that's why I can be okay with it (for now).  I do like the Punisher but I'm not the biggest Punisher fan.  I think it was Decept-o that said this would be a good "What IF" story.  I could easily see myself jumping ship after the next issue or two.  Now if this was a character I really really liked, I'd probably feel a lot differently.  I just believe that eventually, somehow, everything will return to normal. "

Hilarious.