First and foremost, I have to credit the original author of a photoshop tutorial located here: Ice Flow Studios

Secondly, I'm really a novice compared with most of you here so any criticism, constructive or otherwise is appreciated.

i' ve seen a different PS Iron Man tutorial somewhere, can look that up later if you are interested

judging from the preview of the video, your text looks exactly the same
so good job !

i think the bright light you added is not a good thing
i would add a white outer glow to your text if you want to make it look dramatic

EDIT: here is one, but i think there was another

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/text- ... xt-effect/

Cool Mike!

Very nice Mike. The background and the text go very well together.

I like it mike has a vintage comic book feel to it rather than the more modern metallic text.

Nice work!