It depends. Did the contract that you agreed to and signed of your own free will, without coercion or duress, give the publisher the right to send goons to break into your house and burn all the issues they already sent you after you cancelled?

I would argue that if that is indeed what you actually agreed to, yes, the publisher should be allowed to do that.

The obvious solution is - don't accept stupid fucking contracts with terms you don't actually agree to!