Amber Justine Bennett is a supporting character in Invincible, debuting from Season 1 and onwards. She is Mark's ex-girlfriend.
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Why did Amber Bennett and Mark break up in the Invincible comics?
What role does Amber Bennett play in Invincible season 2?
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What challenges does Amber face in her relationship with Mark in the Invincible comics?
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Appearance[]
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Personality[]
Amber is a strong and opinionated woman and a feminist in her own right, who cares about helping others especially the homeless. She is interested in social justice and politics, and also very focused on her future in college. She is quick-witted and is generally friendly and took an interest in Mark after he defended her from a bully named Todd. She is also shown to be somewhat manipulative when she blackmailed Todd into giving Mark her phone number.
After weeks of being together with Mark, she deduced that he was Invincible but decided not tell Mark, hoping that he would trust her enough to tell her. When she, Mark, William, and Rick were attacked at Upstate University, Mark saved them as Invincible, but when he came back without his costume she was angry, saying that Mark left them in danger despite knowing at this point that he is Invincible and that if he hadn't stepped in they might have died. When Mark reveals his secret identity to Amber, she is unimpressed and disappointed seeing it less as an admission of honesty and more as a last ditch effort to save their relationship.
Throughout the first season, she has displayed frustration at Mark's constant ghosting of their dates and him lying as to where he has been. She wants Mark to show interest and compassion for her that she shows in him, and cannot stand when he repeatedly lies to her, eventually leading to her breaking up with him. At the end, she comes back to comfort Mark when she learned that she was not the only one being lied to.
In season two, Amber has been supporting Mark after his trauma with Omni Man and even being level headed and a lot more supportive when it comes to Mark going out as Invincible but often declaring he needs to listen to his feelings first before anyone else.
Sightings[]
| Season 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "It's About Time": | Debut | 5. "That Actually Hurt": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "Here Goes Nothing": | Appears | 6. "You Look Kinda Dead": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. "Who You Calling Ugly?": | Appears | 7. "We Need To Talk": | Appears | |||||||||
| 4. "Neil Armstrong, Eat Your Heart Out": | Appears | 8. "Where I Really Come From": | Appears | |||||||||
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "A Lesson For Your Next Life": | Appears | 5. "This Must Come as a Shock": | Appears | |||||||||
| 2. "In About Six Hours, I Lose My Virginity to a Fish": | Appears | 6. "It's Not That Simple": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. "This Missive, This Machination!": | Appears | 7. "I'm Not Going Anywhere": | Appears | |||||||||
| 4. "It's Been a While": | Appears | 8. "I Thought You Were Stronger": | Non-speaking | |||||||||
| Season 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1. "You're Not Laughing Now": | Mentioned | 5. "This Was Supposed To Be Easy": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "A Deal With The Devil": | Mentioned | 6. "All I Can Say Is I'm Sorry": | Appears | |||||||||
| 3. "You Want A Real Costume, Right?": | Appears | 7. "What Have I Done?": | Non-speaking | |||||||||
| 4. "You Were My Hero": | Absent | 8. "I Thought You'd Never Shut Up": | Absent | |||||||||
Trivia[]
- Amber's portrayal in the series is different compared to the comics:
- The original Amber Bennett in the comics was Caucasian, had blonde hair and had over 2 boyfriends in the course of series, but in the television series, she is African American.
- Amber was skeptical at first believing Mark was a drug dealer in the comics, but in the show she was aware of his identity as Invincible for months.
- Amber dated a man named Gary, who actually appears in the show, but is a father, and was abusive to her for a time, until Mark confronted him and he became more respectful and responsible towards Amber. In the show she did try to date a man named Kyle, but rebuked him upon hearing he had a girlfriend.
- In the animated series, Amber works at a soup kitchen.
- Amber's father died in the comics, while in the show it was her grandfather who died.
- Amber was threatened by Anissa in the show, instead of Debbie, by this point, Mark and Amber broke up.
- At first, Amber was a criticized character in the show due to several episodes and the penultimate episode of season 1 portrayed her irrationally aggressive towards Mark even when revealing his secret to her. In the following season however, she was written to be more similar to Debbie and more understanding from Mark's perspective on decisions.
- Amber Bennett is loosely based on Spider-Man's 3rd Girlfriend Gwen Stacy from Marvel Comics.
- Ironically enough, there's scene in episode 5 where Eve speaks to Amber after school, saying that Amber is all that Mark talks about, in an episode of Spectacular Spider-Man, Mary Jane says something similar to Gwen Stacy.
- Her relationship with Mark was the same as Peter Parker's relationship with Mary Jane Watson.
- Besides the Grayson family, Amber is one of the few characters to appear in all of the episodes, until season 3.