Unlike other serialized comic strips, Skyroads did not have a single focal character over the course of its printing run.

The first-person narrator also may or may not be the focal character.

The focal character, protagonist, antagonist, or some other character's thoughts are revealed through the narrator.

Often, the protagonist in a narrative is also the same person as the focal character, though the two terms are distinct.

The focal character in the series was the iconic cowboy action figure named Johnny West.

He is one of two focal characters of the series.

Since the central character was written out of the series, the series no longer had a main protagonist or focal character.

In any narrative, the focal character is the character on whom the audience is meant to place the majority of their interest and attention.

The focal character is, more than anyone else, "the person on whom the spotlight focuses; the center of attention; the man whose reactions dominate the screen."

The focal character is also not necessarily the same thing as the viewpoint character, through whose perspective the story is seen.